Word: guatemalan
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...Caribbean, asputter lately with small wars, 47 jet fighters mean overwhelming military strength. Four Thunderbolts in the Guatemalan revolution last year, and two Mustangs in the Costa Rican invasion this year, were enough to drive their enemies out of the air; jets would be even more efficient against the best prop jobs...
...Just Made a Deal." Even businessmen familiar with Latin America found opportunities. Said a U.S. investor: "I just made a deal with a Guatemalan I've known for years. Never knew he was interested in that line at all." And for Latinos the conference was a fine opportunity to look around for deals with their colleagues. One Guatemalan investor agreed to put money into a Mexican movie theater specializing in Italian movies...
Later, on shore, we discussed this phenomenon. After consulting local authorities, the Captain and I decided that the island was a Guatemalan Dragger-crunch, which appears only when all the world's children under the age of six have brushed their teeth three times...
...inside men" of last week's plot to topple the Guatemalan government were supposed to fling open the gates at Aurora air base, the country's key military post, precisely at 1:30 p.m. A little before that time, 25 of the plotters drifted casually around; four dozen others crouched in nearby thickets, ready to storm in. At the appointed minute, the gates flew open-disclosing two tanks and a platoon of soldiers drawn up with automatic weapons ready. "We're sunk!" whispered one attacker. Other troops closed in on the conspirators in the bushes...
...three-month "leave from exile" expired, Arbenz would be back primed with money and promises of Communist guns for a try at regaining power in Guatemala. The rumors were partly based on the fact that Arbenz has been conspiratorially busy; Mexico's government has repeatedly cautioned its numerous Guatemalan exiles to refrain from "political activity." Arbenz' arrogant refusal to do so has left a bad taste with many Mexicans; the leading daily Excelsior last week sourly cartooned him as a hen flying off and leaving a brood of chicks marked with the hammer and sickle. Stopping in Paris...