Word: supertight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Signals of the turn inside Trujillo's supertight Caribbean island nation are clear. After years of posing as Latin America's strongest anti-Communist bulwark, the dictator has started cozying up to Castro and the Soviet bloc. Six months ago Trujillo's Radio Caribe propaganda outlet adopted a Marxist, anti-U.S. cant in its commentary. Last August the dictator sent emissaries to Europe and began the first of a series of secret meetings with Iron Curtain leaders; rumors are buzzing in Ciudad Trujillo that diplomatic relations will soon be established with Poland and Russia...