Word: rico
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...noisiest charges leveled against the U.S. by Latin America's Communists (see below) and rabid nationalists is that Yankee capital is used to exploit rather than assist underdeveloped nations. Last week Under Secretary of State C. Douglas Dillon traveled to Puerto Rico to cite the facts. Said Dillon, speaking to a conference of hemisphere economists, educators and government officials : "Instead of extracting wealth, U.S. firms are creating new wealth for host countries." Items...
FREE TRADE ZONE will be established in Puerto Rico. To be located in port city of Mayagüez, zone will permit U.S. and foreign businessmen to manufacture goods from imported raw materials in Puerto Rico, ship finished products to U.S. markets with duty only on raw materials...
...never known freedom-one which today holds millions of humans in subjugation-impassioned language has been used to assert that the United States has held Latin America in a colonial relationship." Snapped Ike: "This is a blatant falsehood"-and he pointed to the U.S. record in Spanish-speaking Puerto Rico and the Philippines, in Hawaii and Alaska...
...north to the U.S. to find fame in the majors. In the nine leagues around the Caribbean this season, fans could get a close-hand look once again at such stars as the White Sox's Luis Aparicio (Venezuela's Rapinos), the Indians' Vic Power (Puerto Rico's Ca-guas), the Giants' Orlando Cepeda (Puerto Rico's Santurce Crabbers) and the Senators' Pitcher Pedro Ramos (Cuba's Cienfuegos Elephants). In addition, U.S. teams use the Caribbean leagues to season their young players, this year sent down some 350 men to sweat...
Last week the season rose to a climax as Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela met in Panama in a round-robin fight for the twelfth annual Caribbean championship. When Panama's Elias Osorio hit a two-run homer over the wall to beat Venezuela in the bottom of the ninth, he was waylaid by a delirious mob on the third-base line. Frantic hands clutched his sleeve, pounded his back, hoisted him high and then dropped him. Waiting at home plate, Umpire Pat Orr fumed as he fought to keep his feet in the crush. "Be patient...