The President's News Conference
01/14/1962
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This does represent the most direct challenge that the free world has, I believe, here in Central America and in Latin America.
I come here today with 180 million fellow Americans who want this hemisphere to be free, and who want this hemisphere to be an example to a ...
We are very grateful to you and to the people of Costa Rica.
That is why we are here today.