#title Rocky’s Rum Trip
#author Fifth Estate Collective
#SORTauthors Fifth Estate Collective;
#date 1969
#source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/83-july-10-23-1969/rockys-rum-trip]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2019-04-21
#notes Fifth Estate #83, July 10–23, 1969



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HONDURAS: turmoil unleashed, one student demonstrator killed

COSTA RICA: 2,000 students demonstrated

PANAMA: National Guard on duty

COLOMBIA: 20,000-man special security force tried to control student strikes and heavy street fighting

ECUADOR: ten striking students killed by police...Rocky’s car nearly overturned

PERU: after confiscating Rocky’s oil holdings, the government barred him from entering the country

BOLIVIA: 22-hour visit cut short to three hours in the airport under heavy guard

PARAGUAY: Rocky embraced by dictator Stroessner, while demonstrators burned U.S. flag

CHILE: nationwide strikes and demonstrations forced government to cancel Rocky’s visit

CUBA: first free territory of America...Rockefeller couldn’t come here even if he wanted to

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Standard Oil refinery blown up

VENEZUELA: students seized university buildings...street fighting with small arms and rocks...Rocky’s visit cancelled due to nationwide protests

BRAZIL: thousands of people arrested to prevent demonstrations...press censorship eliminates anti-U.S. articles

URUGUAY: General Motors plant burned down, $1,000,000 loss...Rocky’s visit moved to Punta del Este under tight security

ARGENTINA: Nine Rockefeller-owned supermarkets bombed and burned, $3,000,000 loss, nationwide labor strike...one student demonstrator killed by police...tear gas used to disperse crowds of people