A golfer named Ricardo ("Dickie") Arias, who is President of Panama, last week sent an amiable invitation to a golfer named Dwight ("Ike") Eisenhower and to the chiefs of government of the 19 other American republics. Come to Panama, said Dickie, on June 25 and 26. Occasion: the anniversary of the Congress of Panama, called in 1826 by Liberator Simon Bolivar. *Motive: nothing more than a get-acquainted meeting of the Presidents' club, with whatever dividends of good will and better understanding that might flow out of such newly made friendships.
Though he gives the credit to Bolivar, Dickie Arias himself...
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