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...grew older, Trujillo embarked on grandiose projects of no merit, lost $35 million on an international fair that flopped in 1956, drained away another $50 million for arms in the space of two years. Trujillo compounded his growing troubles by a foolish and abortive plot to assassinate Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt in Caracas last June. As a result, Trujillo was ostracized by all the other nations of the hemisphere...
...meeting was the first Caribbean conference of Christian Democracy, Latin America's newest and possibly its fastest-growing political force, though it has yet to win power in any of the hemisphere's 22 nations. Described by Garcia Bustillos, the Venezuelan Congressman who opened the meeting, as "international but not an International," the Christian Democrats declare themselves dedicated enemies of colonialism, capitalism and Communism. They preach a social revolution that must use orderly and just means. They advocate immediate agrarian reform, demand careful state regulation of corporate profits, and complete labor union, freedom. Says Leónidas Xausa...
...sent a committee of ten prisoners to the U.S. to discuss the deal. In a grotesque side offer, Castro said he would trade invasion Commander Manuel Artime, 28, for his own man Francisco ("The Hook") Molina, 29, awaiting sentencing in Manhattan for the murder of a nine-year-old Venezuelan girl in a restaurant brawl last September...
...Venezuelan President Romulo Betancourt took grim care to ensure the safety of Puerto Rico-born Moscoso. No arrival time was published in the press; inflammatory wall scribblings were quickly erased. The complement of 80 national guardsmen stationed along the superhighway from the airport to the capital was reinforced by 1,200 troops. Sirens screaming, 20 police cars escorted Moscoso to the embassy residence...
...experienced operations man was what the Sinclair Oil Corp. wanted-and what it got last week by naming President Edward L. Steiniger, 58, as chief executive officer, succeeding P. C. Spencer, 67. Steiniger made his reputation in the tough Venezuelan fields, where during one three-year period (1941-44), he brought in 105 wells out of 108 attempts. Intense and quick-witted, he believes in studying countries where the company drills, once delighted Haile Selassie with his knowledge of Ethiopia. Under Steiniger, Sinclair will spend a major part of this year's planned $182 million capital expenditure to step...