Word: guatemalans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Frans Blom, 69, Danish explorer and archaeologist who went to Mexico in 1922, was so intrigued by the ruins of the ancient Mayas and by their nearly extinct descendants that he settled near the Guatemalan border, authored works on the Mayas (Tribes and Temples), raised two children from a Stone Age tribe in his home, training them in the ways of modern man so they could return as teachers to their people; of pneumonia; in San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico...
...hurry to recognize the Peralta regime, it will probably do so eventually. In return for promises of democratic intent, the U.S. similarly recognized the de facto military governments that overturned constitutional rule in Peru and Argentina last year. Last week President Kennedy told his press conferences that Guatemalan recognition would depend on "what assurances we get as to when a democratic government will be formed or when elections will be held...
...government is preparing a bold experiment for La Laguna: it hopes to resettle some 3,000 families in the verdant coastal areas near the Guatemalan border...
Guatemala's President Miguel Ydigoras has been the most vigorous opponent of Castro among all Latin American leaders. The Bay of Pigs invasion brigade trained on Guatemalan soil, and Ydigoras even offered to let anti-Castro Cubans form a government in exile there. But last week, facing strong pressure from the left and right, Ydigoras ordered all anti-Castro Cubans rounded up and expelled from Guatemala. "It is time,'' he said, "for other Latin American countries to do their part." As for the U.S., he told a reporter, "I would like to live in Florida...
...have agreed to erase tariffs on 200 items within the past two years, aim for fully free trade with one another and a single external tariff within a decade. A scheme to grant each member a monopoly on producing certain goods has led mostly to shoddier products. Grumped one Guatemalan housewife last week: "I used to pay 35?for a can of imported soup. Now I have to pay 45? for Central American soup and risk ptomaine poisoning to boot." But already, trade among the Central American partners has increased substantially, and the future of the union looks bright enough...