Word: costas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SHIRLEY J. WEIDIG Costa Mesa, Calif...
...these words, Haya identified himself with such leaders of Latin America's anti-Communist left as Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt. Puerto Rican Governor Luis Munoz Marin and Costa Rica's ex-President Jose ("Pepe") Figueres. Just as opposed to dictatorship of the left as of the right, Haya's fellow leftists have reached power proclaiming the compatibility of representative democracy and basic social reform. Having returned to Lima, Haya hopes to win power himself in Peru's presidential elections next year...
...Another test of U.S. intentions toward Latin America is the kind of ambassadors it sends. Kennedy's choice for Costa Rica, a notable bastion of representative democracy in Latin America: El Paso Mayor Raymond Lawrence Telles Jr., 45, a Spanish-speaking fourth-generation American of Mexican ancestry. An Air Force lieutenant colonel in World War II, Telles handled aviation lend-lease supplies to Latin America, later served as an aide to both President Truman and General Eisenhower on visits to Mexico...
...native of Costa Rica and mother of six, Daisey had kept her daughter home when the school reopened after the Thanksgiving holiday: "I was so scared. Who am I to fight the whole state of Louisiana and the Governor, I asked myself." But later, she had second thoughts. "My conscience tore at me. I knew if I gave up, the minister would give up too, and there'd be no white child left...
...Costa Rica. Led by peppery José ("Pepe") Figueres, Costa Rica fought and defeated its Communists in 1948, now stands as one of the brightest lights of democracy in the hemisphere...