Word: ruiz
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Apparent Failure. As the crucial week began, Argentina's Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú was balky, Chile's Juan Bautista Rossetti was out of line. These two argued persistently against a unanimous open diplomatic break with the Axis. Despite new air-cooling in the Itamaraty Palace, delegates got so hot under the collar that a Thursday "deadline" was set for all to make up their minds...
...aggression and the past nine years of friendly U.S. relations, seemed to share a feeling that this time the U.S. was not a hypocritical boss but a Good Neighbor who had been attacked. Sumner Welles took a seat on the opposite side of the hall from Señor Ruiz...
Brazil's President Getulio Vargas opened the Conference with a speech calling for "the most solid and powerful alliance of free and sovereign nations that the history of humanity has ever known." Señor Ruiz Guiñazú began to fidget...
...stepped to the podium. In a long and carefully worded resume of Axis plans, promises and attacks, Sumner Welles explained the U.S. position. Mr. Welles gave figures on U.S. armament production: "45,000 military airplanes in the coming year; some 45,000 tanks; 600 merchant ships. ..." Señor Ruiz Guiñazú ran his finger around his collar...
...diplomat's usual generalities, Mr. Welles spoke specifically of 218,600 tons of tin plate allocated for Latin America, new allocations of "20 essential agricultural and industrial chemicals," besides farm equipment, iron and steel products. When he spoke of the "shibboleth of classic neutrality," Señor Ruiz Guiñazú wiped his face with his handkerchief. When the Under Secretary concluded with a ringing declaration that democratic ideals "will yet triumph," Señor Ruiz Guiñazú fanned himself, being careful to use a scratch pad and not a copy (translated into Spanish...