Word: latinate
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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North Africa is in rebellion, black Africa is astir; dictators fell in Latin America, but though in each case Communists intrigued, they have nowhere prevailed...
Applicants' brochures were customarily printed in English, French and German. Weller noted that "only two countries spoke German, and they both wanted the Olympics in their own area," ordered Spanish substituted for German to please Latin American delegates. Weller embarked on a four-month tour of South America to emphasize the advantages of an Olympics in the Western Hemisphere. His next trip was to Scandinavia, where he plugged the idea of a simple Olympics to thrifty Swedes and Norwegians. Cushing and Haseltine took on other European I.O.C. representatives. *The Soft Sell. By the time the crucial meeting convened...
...guns are of varied origins, so much the more so are troops. Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, and the United States are the principal countries represented, but I am told that there is at least one soldier from every country in Latin America. I was surprised to find several Americans among the barbudos, since they risked losing their citizenship by fighting for a foreign country...
...Matanzas, 50-odd were set free. It is probably the understatement of the year to say that there has been much misunderstanding lately between the U.S. and Cuba. Our well publicized calls for intervention or punishment in various forms are antagonizing not only the Cubans but people of all Latin American countries. In a conversation with Gustavo Olguin, Mexican movie and television executive, I learned that the Mexican people are taking great interest in our conduct toward Cuba, and that there is now a growing wave of anti-Americanism in that country as a result of the pronouncements...
...ease. Shops removed their shutters; factories reopened. The victory was Frondizi's. He quickly wrote off the win as a consolidation of his austere leadership, and rose before a joint session of the U.S. Congress to have his say about a proper attitude for the U.S. toward Latin America. "Peoples that are poor and without hope," he told a well-filled House chamber, "are not free peoples. A stagnant and impoverished country cannot uphold democratic institutions. On the contrary, it is fertile soil for anarchy and dictatorship." At the National Press Club he made his point again: "The United...