Word: oases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Attempted Murder. U.S. policy was to aim for eventual collective action by the 21-member Organization of American States. Castro had plainly violated the Caracas Declaration of 1954 barring Communist domination of any hemisphere nation. But Latin American politicos tacitly made two demands in return for their support. One was...
Under such pressures, Latin American governments shied at opposing Castro. The tip-off came in Mexico. Prompted by Mexican ex-President Lázaro Cárdenas, who expropriated foreign oil holdings himself in 1938, a congressional leader of Mexico's ruling party said: "In this critical moment for...
Dominican Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo has done many harsh acts and some stupid ones in his 30 years in power. But perhaps none has ever matched the deed he was accused of last week. The Organization of American States listened to detailed evidence that Trujillo personally plotted last month'...
The memo was purposely presented in a form that did not call for action by the committee or by the OAS. Angry as the U.S. is at Castro's attacks, it bears in mind the fact that although almost every Latin American government is fed up with Castro, many...
To Live by Law. Alberto Lleras more than any other man is keeping Colombia out of the dark. Lleras began his career as a hustling journalist and at 24 was running Colombia's top newspaper, El Tiempo. Jumping into Liberal politics, he held a flurry of boy wonder Cabinet...