Word: venezuelan
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...referred to one Venezuelan patron who recognized the need for land reform while studying in the U.S., and divided his estate of 20,000 square miles among the tenant farmers. Resulting economic progress has been striking, said Norton...
...more interesting, less well-known selections Diaz presented were Sainz's Campanas del Alba and Lauro's Two Venezuelan Dances. The Sainz is a tremulo peice very reminiscent of Tarrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra, but far more haunting and piercing. A technically demanding work, Diaz gave it a powerful presentation. Even more impressive was his performance of the Lauro Dances, which romp all over the fretboard...
Jackie Kennedy refuses to be falsely humble. She wore her apricot dress and coat of silk and linen to speak to farmers in a Venezuelan barnyard. She declines to honor all the petty requests that pour into the White House, ignores most of the President's political rallies, turns down invitations from women's groups who are constantly nagging her for an appearance. She water-skis, rides, plays golf, and yet remains an attentive mother to her children...
...village of La Morita, 2,000 shirt-sleeved peasants and their families awaited the Kennedys. The Venezuelan government is building farm homes for these campesinos. The Betancourts and the Kennedys drove up to the project, where 87 units have already been constructed, and in symbolic ceremony, each of the Betancourts and Kennedys presented a land title to a campesino. Then, in a speech translated sentence by sentence, President Kennedy said: "We will be more than good neighbors. We will be partners in building a better life for our peoples." Jacqueline Kennedy also made a speech, but she needed no interpreter...
Solidarity and Safety. After spending the night in Los Núñez, the Venezuelan version of the White House, the Kennedys planned to jet off for Bogotá, where the President would confer with Colombia's President Alberto Lleras Camargo, another good South American friend of the U.S. As it was originally conceived. President Kennedy's trip to Latin America had been seen as a ritualistic way for the U.S. to demonstrate the importance it places on hemispheric solidarity. Then, after the commitments were made, came the deep worries about the physical safety of John and Jacqueline...