Word: salvadore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stripes arrived from Spain, joining 38 prominent Spanish exiles. Most noted: brilliant Philosopher Salvador de Madariaga. Republican Spain's most famous cabinet minister and diplomat, and now an honorary fellow at Oxford. Many of the Spaniards were bitter rivals and a? divided as ever on a future policy for their country. But in an emotional scene, Madariaga submitted a resolution on behalf of all Spaniards present, and Gil Robles rose to endorse...
Even in Latin America, however, the road to economic union is still potholed. In their own Central American common market, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras have agreed to erase tariffs on 200 items within the past two years, aim for fully free trade with one another and a single external tariff within a decade. A scheme to grant each member a monopoly on producing certain goods has led mostly to shoddier products. Grumped one Guatemalan housewife last week: "I used to pay 35?for a can of imported soup. Now I have to pay 45? for Central American soup...
...Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the U.S., Uruguay, Venezuela...
...Castro's disorganizing power back in their home territories. In Venezuela, pro-Castro violence left 32 dead, and for a time made things warm for the government of militantly anti-Castro President Rómulo Betancourt. Riots or demonstrations erupted in Brazil. Peru, Chile. Mexico and El Salvador. In La Paz. Bolivia, 33 were injured, one fatally. Said a Bolivian delegate: "If I vote for sanctions, I had better not return to La Paz, or I'll be hung from a lamppost on arrival...
Violence & Votes. All faced a difficult decision. Castro no longer cuts a wide swath through Latin America, but local discontents can oft be fanned by Fidelism. Ten nations (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Peru, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic) hold national elections this year, and this weighed in their deliberations...