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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Yankee sombrero-the rhetorical overkill that, for instance, heralded the southern tour of Kissinger's predecessor William Rogers as the most important visit by any American Secretary of State in more than 40 years. Such hyperbole -which said "everything without doing anything," in the words of one Latin diplomat-has turned many Latin Americans into skeptics about U.S. intentions...
Kissinger described the goal of his trip quite modestly. Its purpose, he said last week, was to "create the mood and atmospherics so that Latin America again can become a vital part of the foreign policy...
...shift in Washington's attitude began last October. Speaking to the Latin Foreign Ministers and ambassadors in Manhattan, Kissinger called for "a new dialogue" between the U.S. and the other countries of the hemisphere...
...from the crater's lip to the center of the city is not only an unusual topographical experience, but a striking sociological one as well. In fact, the layout of La Paz can be viewed as a metaphor for the stark contrasts between wealth and poverty that pervade all Latin American societies. Dug into the stony walls near the top of the canyon are the most wretched hovels, those of the peasants most recently arrived from the altiplano. The weather in this part of the city, which is 12,500 feet above sea level, is pleasant on a clear...
Alvin may be a character, but a return to the Dark Ages has its drawbacks. Alvin is famous for saying, after the seventh game of the 1963 Series when his Giants fell to the Yankees, 1-0, that black and Latin American players can't hit in the clutch. Reggie Jackson, who emerged under Alvin's tutelage in the late-60s, says the man has the right kind of mind for baseball, but the man's allegedly dictatorial and racist attitude towards Orlando Cepeda certainly hobbled the Baby Cull during his early years...