Word: latinity
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...seek aid from other (perhaps Communist) nations. If we do, we have no one to blame but ourselves. American industry may lose some of its grip on Chile's economy, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Economic interests have too often been our sole concern in Latin American countries anyway...
...What is little realized is the extent to which Latin Americans themselves approve radical approaches, despite such egregious failures as Castro's Cuba." Apparently, what is little realized by TIME are the reasons for this approval. Many of us do not judge Fidel's government merely on its failure to attain the promised sugar-cane crop or on its harsh food-rationing measures. Castro's achievements in education, health and in the fight against poverty are an egregious success in comparison to the achievements of most Latin American governments. Far more Latin Americans than you seem willing...
...threatened by Marxism in Latin America? The feudal landowners? The reactionary church? The rich American corporations? Surely not the great masses of workers and peasants...
...ever seen 40-or 50-year-old men cry because of a candidate's victory? I did. And they weren't tears of joy. Tears of despair and agony better describe the trickles of water from their eyes. Tears of realization of the new Communist footing in Latin America...
...that the people who characterized the Peace Corps as an organization made up primarily of lily-white, middle-class people may have had a very valid point. But I think that has changed. We have a tremendous need for blacks and other minorities, particularly in places like Africa and Latin America...