Word: latinizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...childish idea of sending Rosalynn Carter as a major diplomatic spokesman of the U.S. not only shows what Latin America really means to the Carter Administration, but also constitutes an insult to its governments. There would not be any difference if they decided to send Amy instead...
...admiration mixed with puzzlement and even indignation. The policy ran into two major tests last week at diplomatic meetings more than 5,000 miles apart. In Grenada, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance found himself defending the Administration's criticism of human rights violations by various Latin American governments against a chorus of officials who argued that terrorism is more of a menace (see following story). In Belgrade, differences between the Kremlin and the White House over human rights abuses in the Communist world-though they might temporarily be papered over at the conference-threatened to become a test...
Panama. "It's a foregone conclusion," said one Latin American diplomat. "The treaty [by which the U.S. will transfer sovereignty over the Canal Zone to Panama] is almost signed. Carter's desire to get a treaty has changed everything. The screaming is over...
Wherever she went, she listened carefully-and urged heads of state and their minions to express themselves freely. "You can be blunt," she would say. "Go ahead, that's what I'm here for." Throughout her 13-day tour of Latin America and the Caribbean, Rosalynn Carter managed to establish a frank rapport with her hosts. She achieved her goal of convincing top leaders that President Carter wants to improve long-neglected relations with Latin nations...
...some of them claimed violates the agency's charter and lends unwarranted legitimacy to Third World press-bashing. Many Western journalists admit, however, that their coverage of the developing world could be improved. U.P.I., for instance, has more full-time correspondents in London (14) than in all of Latin America (12), and NBC does not maintain a bureau anywhere in Africa. "We concede that an imbalance of information exists in some parts of the world," says U.P.I.'s Stevenson. "But we don't concede that this imbalance is part of any imperialistic plot hatched...