Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Chile. Still stable, but undergoing a barrage of Castro and Communist propaganda (one-third of the "relief" Cuba sent after the earthquakes last May turned out to be revolutionary pamphlets). The leader of Chile's main labor confederation, orating over the coffins of two men killed in labor violence...
Venezuela. President Rómulo Betancourt has been harassed by so many Castro-supported riots that last week he cut the most heavily Castro- and Communist-dominated faction out of his Cabinet.
Panama. Anti-U.S. riots a year ago looked like real trouble. Lately the outlook has improved with the inauguration of enlightened Oligarch Roberto Chiari as President, plus a friendship drive by U.S. officials, and a U.S. decision to let the Panamanian flag fly beside the Stars and Stripes on...
Costa Rica. Led by peppery José ("Pepe") Figueres, Costa Rica fought and defeated its Communists in 1948, now stands as one of the brightest lights of democracy in the hemisphere.
Uruguay. Practicing democracy with a Swiss-style revolving presidency, the country has a newly solid economy and a newly solid peso that cut Castro's chances of exploiting woes born of poverty.