Word: costa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Costa Rica, alone among the American republics, boycotted the Tenth Inter-American Conference at Caracas as a form of protest against the jailing of political prisoners by the Venezuelan government. But when he announced Costa Rica's decision, President Jose Figueres made a promise that his country would "adhere to any inter-American resolutions taken there for the betterment of democracy...
Last week, just before the conference adjourned, Costa Rica's ambassador in Washington, called on Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to announce his country's wholehearted adherence to the U.S.-sponsored resolution to curb Communism in the Western Hemisphere. In San José, President Figueres gave two reasons for the action: 1) "We suffered the outrages of Communism" [before the 1948 civil war, in which a Communist-supported regime was ousted], "and can testify that Communism is an attempt to destroy democratic institutions"; 2) "It is clear that Communism and Russian aggression are identical...
...much the same fix as their North American neighbors. In the past two months, the price of high-grade coffee in Rio groceries has leaped from 81? to $1.07 a Ib.; some Brazilians have gritted their teeth and turned to a hitherto unmentionable beverage called tea. In coffee-exporting Costa Rica. President José Figueres declared roundly: "Our country's No. 1 problem today is our coffee shortage." The local retail price had just climbed to 90? a Ib., and Figueres had tried in vain to buy some low-grade Brazilian or Colombian coffee to help out. In Guatemala...
...Carlo di Frasso. A fervent believer in the strenuous life, she once hired prizefighters to entertain her guests! joined Cinemactor Gary Cooper on a big-game safari into the African jungle, with the late Mobster Bugsy Siegel set out in a schooner to search for a buried treasure off Costa Rica. When death came, the Countess was in full re galia: a full-length mink coat covered her, $500,000 worth of jewels were on her person and in her luggage...
...running till 1988, they had agreed to revisions when Figueres held office the first time in 1948. When measured against the slam-bang attitude of Guatemala's Red-led land reformers, the Figueres approach practically reeked of sweet reasonableness. But the fact remained that any new deal in Costa Rica would surely set the pattern for future negotiations over Unifruit's important holdings in Honduras and Panama...