Word: horacio
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cattle-raising Paraguay (pop. 1,700,000). In Stroessner's capital of Asuncion, Argentine delegations promised to expedite Paraguay shipping to Argentine ports on the lower Parana River, and planned joint harnessing of a waterfall. Brazil had a military, economic and cultural cooperation drive going. Its Foreign Minister, Horacio Lafer, calls Stroessner's regime "one of peace and progress...
...same time Brazil's Foreign Minister Horacio Lafer read Roa's speech and also stiffened. Roa had called him "the run-see-and-tell" of the U.S. State Department. That night, Brazil's President Kubitschek phoned Argentina's Frondizi. Next day envoys from both nations marched stiffly into the Cuban Foreign Office with protests. Said Brazil's ambassador: "My government rejects this offense against national dignity." Said the Argentine note: "The insulting phrases set an imprudent precedent...