Word: costa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...former president of Costa Rica turned last night to his personal experience and political past to give an extraordinary account of events in Cuba just after Fidel Castro acceded to power...
...Communist government in Costa Rica for six years" said Jose Figueres, "and there's something in the atmosphere of a pro-Communist country... It was the air when I arrived in Havana...
...Castro was the first to reach Havana" related Figueres, but several Latin American groups had cooperated to overthrow the Batista dictatorship. The Costa Rican had been an active leader among these and came to Havana in March 1959 as an honored guest of the new regime...
When he left Havana, Figueres said last night, he invited the Cuban leader to "visit Costa Rica and there we will continue this dialogue. These were the last words I spoke with...
...last week sought to write new laws for an age that seeks that ancient and still distant goal: world peace. The Rome meeting was called the European Conference of World Peace Through the Rule of Law, and was the fourth and final "continental" gathering (the others were held in Costa Rica, Japan and Nigeria) in preparation for a worldwide rule of law conference planned for New Delhi next year...