Word: latins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...State Department," said he, "has lost all interest in questions involving Latin America." With the notable exception of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, "statesmen of the great nation to the north are completely absorbed in European problems and in no way take interest in plans for economic cooperation with . . . the western hemisphere...
...better friend in Latin America than squat, affable Dr. Eduardo Zuleta Angel, chairman of the U.N. Preparatory Commission and Colombian ex-Cabinet Minister. But last week, back in Bogotá after a Washington visit, Dr. Zuleta Angel thought it time to speak sharply of what he had heard...
Many Americans, he found, "now look on Latin America as a kind of poor relation, troublesome, bothersome and unnecessary." U.S. newspapers, he said, showed little interest in the forthcoming Pan-American conference in Bogotá. "I am afraid there will not be a serious plan for economic cooperation presented [there] despite efforts of Colombian representatives [in Washington]. . . . The U.S. has soon forgotten the lesson taught by war-that parnership with the peoples of Latin America is necessary for its security...
...ideal of manhood as a construction engineer (John Wayne) who, like the steam shovel he strongly resembles, works all right when he is building things. But he looks absurd trying to speak English or kiss a girl. The U.S. ideal of villainy is represented in this movie as a Latin American rail magnate (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) who dresses for dinner, manages a compound sentence without stuttering, and tries to keep his lovely daughter (Laraine Day) from getting hitched to a steam shovel...
...film may have some suspense for Latin Americans, who conceivably will have difficulty believing that censors would permit such a marriage. For U.S. moviegoers, Tycoon has Technicolor...