Background Information on Middle America: Mexico, Guatemal, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Cuba Haiti, Dominican Republic ...: Prepared by Middle America Information Bureau Conducted by United Fruit Company ... in the Interests of Fostering Public Understanding of the Importance of the Ten Middle American Republics to the United States1946 - Central America - 76 pages |
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