Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pleased too was the swart, chunky gentleman for whom this swankest military State reception in Washington history had been staged by Franklin Roosevelt, He was only General Anastasio Somoza, President of little Nicaragua (pop. 1,133,000), but this show for him was in all details precisely the reception planned for King George & Queen Elizabeth of mighty Great Britain next month. Fact that it was a dress rehearsal for that occasion did not diminish the fact that it came first, that it was as handsome a performance as any Latin-American heart could desire, that it was a gesture intended...
...Nations last week arrived in a unique situation. In quick succession Hungary and Albania resigned. The two countries acted not because of their own desires, but to suit the Axis powers. Last week Peru also resigned following the lead in recent years of Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, El Salvador, Venezuela...
...amount to be expended this year on the proposed $100,000,000 purchase of strategic imported raw materials for war (tin, manganese, mercury, etc., etc.). He announced he favored double-locking the Panama Canal instead of digging a second canal across Nicaragua, on grounds of economy ($200,000,000 as against...
This situation, however, was no embarrassment to Dictator Benavides. for of the 21 "democracies" represented at the Conference, only nine-U. S., Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay- could be defined as States under popular rule. Said Strong Man Benavides, with more subtlety than he perhaps intended: "We cannot offer you, on as grand a scale as some of the other American nations, the harmonious spectacle of a great city that could shelter you as could other capitals. But we do claim your attention to the evolutionary processes of our nationality...
...With Belgium, Haiti, Sweden, Brazil, Canada, The Netherlands and colonies, Switzerland, Honduras, Colombia, France and colonies, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Finland, Costa Rica, Salvador, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador. Special pact: Cuba...