Word: peru
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They have come from nations as different as Peru and the Republic of China, Sweden and Nigeria, Ireland and Vietnam...
...Peru introduced the islanders to another benefit of civilization. A thousand of them were carried off to slave labor in the guano quarries. Five months later, when Britain and France protested the atrocity, Peru graciously shipped all 15 survivors home. They brought smallpox with them and an epidemic swept the island. By 1870, an original population of 5,000 had been reduced to exactly...
Division of Labor. Already, as a result of Rockefeller's trips, a number of improvements have been made. Two weeks ago the concept of "additionality," part of tied-aid regulations, was abandoned. Last week the U.S. lifted its ban on credit arms sales to Peru and Ecuador, imposed because of their seizures of U.S. fishing boats, and thus opened the way for a conference to discuss the offshore-waters dispute. From Latin America came a constructive suggestion of what Latins themselves might do to help. Colombia's Lleras Restrepo, back from a visit to the U.S., called...
Undoubtedly, large estates operate more productively than a group of small farmers, unless the peasants form successful cooperatives. A fall-off in production would likely increase Peru's economic squeeze. Food imports may well increase while earnings from sugar and cotton could now shrink. That would be all the more painful; Peru has already lost U.S. aid and scared off private investment with its seizure...
Still, most Peruvians seemed at first look to feel that the junta, for better or for worse, had taken a significant step in the effort to solve a problem that besets not only Peru but most of Latin America...