Word: guyana
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nations of the Western Hemisphere that have boycotted Fidel Castro's Cuba for the past decade have been having second thoughts. In the past two years, official ties have been forged between Cuba and Peru, Argentina, Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad-Tobago.* Last week Panama was added to the list when 30 jubilant Panamanian officials flew to Havana to sign a declaration restoring diplomatic, economic and cultural links between the two nations. Next in line are Ecuador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia-and probably...
Today, famine is rampant in Ethiopia, the African nations of the Sahel (Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta), Gambia and in areas of Tanzania and Kenya. Near famine also plagues Bolivia, Syria, Yemen and Nigeria. One poor harvest could bring massive hunger to India, the Sudan, Guyana, Somalia, Guinea and Zaire. In two dozen other nations, the populace faces chronic food shortages. Among them: Bangladesh, Iran, Indonesia, the Philippines and Haiti...
...flag of red and white bars that turned out to be both an exact replica of the ensign that Monaco has flown since the 13th century and the Polish flag upside down. As a model of what a flag ought to be, Smith points to that of Guyana: a boldly simple design with a red triangle and a gold arrowhead on a green field. It just happens that the banner was designed by Smith himself. "I wrote to [Guyana's former Prime Minister] Cheddi Jagan, as I always do to leaders of newly independent countries, and sent...
...administration of the Royal Government of National Union of Cambodia (GRUNC). GRUNC has been led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and is recognized by 33 governments around the world and last summer it was admitted to the conference of over 60 non-aligned nations in the world--convened at Georgetown, Guyana--as the sole legitimate government of Cambodia...
...third time, she for the second, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Next May: Olympic Swimming Champion Mark Spitz and U.C.L.A. Senior Susan Weiner. Sometime this summer: Boston Bruins Defenseman Bobby Orr and Schoolteacher Peggy Wood. Before the baby is born: Actor Michael Caine and Shakira Baksh, a former Miss Guyana, who said that they expect their child in June or July. As for Actress Jane Fonda and Antiwar Activist Tom Hayden, who had called a press conference in Manhattan to decry President Nixon's Viet Nam policy, when a reporter asked about their personal plans, both of them silently walked...