Word: castroisms
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...kees. De Gaulle recognized Red China despite U.S. disapproval; he more or less rules the Common Market and all but ignores NATO. He is, in fact, a sort of "respectable Castro" to many Latinos. "In Latin America," said a senior French official in Paris, "it may be either Castroism or Gaullism." Not quite. Nevertheless, in Mexico De Gaulle will make his major speech from the balcony of the Presidential Palace in Zocalo plaza - a signal honor never before accorded a visiting dignitary -and he is already reported to be practicing Spanish phrases...
Demitrio Boersner, a Venezuelan journalist who writes for La Republica, stated in an interview with the CRIMSON' that the United States must distinguish between two types of anti-Castroism when trying to mobilize hemispheric opinion against the Cuban regime...
This type of anti-Castroism, directed "against the totalitarian deviations" of the Cuba regime, is prevalent in Venezuela, Costa Rica, and perhaps Mexico, Boersner stated, where "the Castro movement plays neither a revolutionary nor a progressive role...
...reactionary regimes of Latin America, on the other hand, "generate an anti-Castroism protesting the social reforms of the Cuban government," Boersner said, and termed this illiberal sentiment "easily as bad as the evil it claims to be fighting." Under these governments, which oppose social change, "Castro propaganda is bound to be effective," the journalist warned...
...committed under Trujillo. Presumably this was his asking price. The opposition U.C.N. could only resume its strike in the streets, hopeful that the rioting would not get out of hand. Looking on, the U.S. was concerned that too sudden an overturn of armed authority might open the gates to Castroism-but also hoped that the nation's long suppressed wish for democratic freedom would be recognized. It was prodding both sides to settle...