Word: bolivia
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...Embracing Mexico and all the independent South American countries except Bolivia and Venezuela, which are applying for membership...
...stirring agreements were an nounced, no plans for massive French aid were drawn, but that is not what De Gaulle is after. Starting his second week with a one-day stay in Bolivia, he echoed the note he has sounded all along: France's intense interest in Latin America, their common cultural bonds, and his wish for "independent" nations free from foreign hegemonies. Never once did De Gaulle mention the U.S. by name, but his meaning was clear. "Let the powers who have appropriate means bring their contribution to the development of those less privileged, without any interference whatsoever...
...viewed it all with relaxed interest. De Gaulle's France could hardly compete with the U.S. in Latin America. But Washington would, if anything, find it helpful if France put some in-.vestments or trained manpower into Latin America. As U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Douglas Henderson told French diplomats privately and frankly: "We cannot collide with France in South America. It is too big a continent-and there is too much...
Usually far from confused, Paz is perhaps Latin America's ablest President when it comes to anticipating and disarming trouble before it starts. While there was almost certainly no imminent plot in the works, Siles was clearly a worrisome problem for Bolivia's President...
Friends & Fallout. Once, Paz and Siles were allies, together led the 1952 revolution that toppled the feudal tin-mining aristocracy and installed the National Revolutionary Movement that has ruled Bolivia ever since. Paz was President from 1952 to 1956, then turned over power to Siles for four years before becoming President again in 1960. In the early days, it was more or less a government by committee, no matter who occupied the presidential palace. When Paz decided to run again in last May's election despite a tradition against consecutive terms, he and Siles fell...