Word: paraguay
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Like Andorra. Finally, a coalition of Socialists, Communists and right-of-center Liberals passed the bill by defeating a combination of Christian Democrats, Monarchists and neoFascists. Perhaps now, said the weekly L'Espresso, "Italy will be a bit more like England and Sweden and a bit less like Paraguay and Andorra...
...Kennedy's assassination touched off false stories that Lyndon Johnson had immediately succumbed to a heart attack. Conversely, ambiguous evidence of a public figure's death will almost certainly provoke rumors that he is alive. Some people believe that Hitler is still at large in Argentina or Paraguay; others contend that J.F.K. carries on a vegetable-like existence in a well-guarded private hospital. Long after his death, many of his fans believed that he was alive, but hopelessly disfigured, in a hospital somewhere...
...Paraguay, student unrest boiled up in the wake of Rockefeller's visit, when police used tear gas and truncheons to break up a demonstration at an engineering school. Rallying against police brutality, students at one point last week took over a church in Asuncion, and most of the country's high school and college students trooped out on strike...
...neighboring Paraguay, Rocky was met by a cordial welcoming crowd of some 3,000 carefully selected Paraguayans. Again the Governor saw no hostility; President Alfredo Stroessner's experienced military dictatorship had seen to that. In friendly discussions, Paraguayan officials emphasized their landlocked country's need for $115 million in long-term U.S. loans...
Rockefeller had to hold over a day in Paraguay because riotous students had made Montevideo, Uruguay's capital and his next scheduled stop, unsafe for a visit. There were a number of firebombings, most aimed against firms with U.S. interests, and terrorists set fire to a General Motors plant, causing damage estimated at $1,000,000. Thus the Governor flew to the resort town of Punta del Este, where Uruguayan officials felt that they could discuss their problems in safety...