Word: braden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lest they be suspected of approving the Peróns of Latin America, the critical Senators joined in a unanimous vote to confirm Braden's appointment. But they had made known that freehanded, aggressive "intervention," even for Latin liberties, was not the policy of the U.S. Senate...
...Brass Knuckles. Spruille Braden himself was well aware that Latin sovereignty, Latin pride and-probably more often than he would like-Latin sloth were involved. Long before his critics awoke to the fact, he had realized that his No. 1 antagonist, Perón, commanded some popular support (perhaps 30% of organized Argentine labor, for instance). He understood, better than most, that the U.S. could do little more against the Argentine regime than continue to make U.S. displeasure known...
...Assistant Secretary, subject in the long run to a restraining Senate, Braden could not do everything that he might have hoped to do. But, as Spruille Braden, he could still speak to the Peróns. Last week, on Navy Day, he again denounced the Argentine "state of siege" which "permits a hoodlum with brass knuckles to strike the face of a young girl because she cries, 'Long live democracy! " In short, the Senate drubbing had not changed the bull. Braden had always been adept at stepping carefully, calculating just the china to be smashed. But the horns...
...Voices. This week the various voices of a varied Latin family came to Secretary Braden...
...Venezuela, the world's third largest oil exporter, had a new, revolutionary government. This week the new junta, headed by President Rómulo Betancourt, seemed to have the confidence of Spruille Braden...