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Lyndon Johnson: “The Alliance for Progress is transforming the bitter living of the underprivileged in Latin America, and it is…”

On the recordJune 29, 1964
The Alliance for Progress is transforming the bitter living of the underprivileged in Latin America, and it is demonstrating that democracy is more than voting.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and President Orlich of Costa Rica

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