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Your May 16 issue states that the United Fruit Co. is operating an agricultural school in Honduras. Although the institution you refer to (Escuela Agricola Panamericana) was established by the United Fruit Co. and has received endowment and continuing support from the company, it is now a completely independent institution...
...first place by flinging wide the palace doors and welcoming Communists into his government, had plenty to think about. But he may have taken a moment to recall that Castillo Armas had once been a school mate, a fellow graduate of the country's West Point, the Escuela Politecnica...
...struggling young artist, Mexico's Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes had a good deal to offer. Housed in an ancient convent in the sunny, spired old town of San Miguel de Allende, 150 miles northwest of Mexico City, its cheap, comfortable living and picturesque setting got it wide publicity as a G.I. students' paradise (TIME, March 29, 1948). Over 100 U.S. veterans have flocked south to enroll. But during the past year, San Miguel's sleepy decorum has been shattered by one ruckus after another. Last week the school had more trouble than it could handle...
Gallegos was held under protective custody in the Escuela Militar; other prominent Acción Democratistas fled to foreign embassies for sanctuary. Betancourt went into hiding. But the vast majority of the party's politicians and labor leaders were clapped into jail. Union funds were seized by the army. Newspapers were ordered to hew strictly to the army's line, and an almost continuous radio barrage of pro-junta propaganda helped to sell the coup to the country...
Back in 1941, high-minded Uruguayans moved to solve one of Montevideo's oldest problems by founding an Escuela de Vagos e Inadaptos, or Bums' School. Their plan: to get mendicants, degenerates and bums off the streets, and to teach a useful trade to underprivileged...