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...Mexican Workers (CTM) asked President Lázaro Cárdenas to refuse Somoza's de facto Government Mexican recognition. "It is time," the Confederation sanctimoniously declared, "to do something to end military rebellions in Latin America." This put President Cárdenas in a ticklish spot. Latin American nations have repeatedly charged that the U. S.'s occasional refusal to recognize Latin-American revolutionary Governments was in effect a kind of intervention. Under Mexico's Estrada Doctrine (named for Mexico's onetime Foreign Minister), which provides that any Government, no matter...
...tough Mexico far surpasses all other Latin-American States in the pursuit of Crime. Ever since the Spanish Conquest, notably tough individuals variously known as "rebels," "bandits" or "leaders" have led private armies against the forces of law & order. They always have a base village where they are beloved. They live off the land, sack isolated villages for food and women. Today they concentrate in the central and western States surrounding Mexico City. Through Puebla and Morelos roams El Tallarin, one of the most famed of living bandits. Jalisco belongs to Lauro Rocha. In Durango operates Francisco Vasquez. In Guanajuato...
...Latin-American policy of the present administration in a series of steps has been admirable. In December, 1933 President Roosevelt invoked the policy of the "good neighbor", opposed to armed intervention. This was followed by the abrogation of the Platt Amendment, which had given us a treaty right to intervene in Cuba. Finally, in February of this year, he proposed an Inter-American Conference to discuss means of consolidating the peace of the Western Hemisphere; and he showed his sincerity in March by forming a pact with Panama whereby the United States stopped being an officious guardian. The treaty even...
...years ago, our Latin-American policy brought forth streams of uncomplimentary Portuguese; today there are hopful "vivas". The dividends start rolling...
Died. Matthew Elting Hanna, 62, long-time Latin-American diplomat, U. S. Minister to Guatemala since 1933; in Tucson, Ariz...