Venezuela and rattled off list of countries - Guatemala, Brazil, Chile and Argentina - that saw leftist governments toppled or come under military rule during Cold War with U.S support.. ..…

He had lived and worked in several countries of the Americas (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, hence his identification and empathy with the fate of these peoples); had been in France, the United States, and had sufficient political maturity to understand the imperative need for unity..…