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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend land grant ceremony at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela. First Lady of Venezuela Carmen Valverde de Betancourt stands to right of President Kennedy; Chester B. Bowles, President Kennedy's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, stands at far left.
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Land grant ceremony at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela. A large banner illustrated with likenesses of President John F. Kennedy and President of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt hangs above the speakers’ stand.
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Sign in Spanish at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela; President John F. Kennedy attended a land grant ceremony at La Morita agrarian reform site. The sign reads: “I. A. N. DELEGACION AGRARIA DEL EDO. ARAGUA ASENTAMIENTO CAMPESINO LA MORITA”
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Land grant ceremony at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela. Chester B. Bowles, President John F. Kennedy's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs, stands at right center.
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President of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt speaks at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela; President John F. Kennedy sits behind President Betancourt on the speakers’ stand, beneath a large banner illustrated with likenesses of President Kennedy and President Betancourt. Standing at left: White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to President Kennedy Kenneth P. O’Donnell.
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President John F. Kennedy (in crowd at right) attends a land grant ceremony at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela. Walking near President Kennedy: Director of the US Secret Service James J. Rowley; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; US State Department interpreter Donald Barnes.
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Crowds gather in Caracas, Venezuela to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade. Members of the Venezuelan military push a disabled car in the foreground.
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Three women stand in the window of a building in Caracas, Venezuela, to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade. One woman holds a photograph of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; another woman holds a photograph of President John F. Kennedy.
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Crowds gather in Caracas, Venezuela, to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade. Members of the Venezuelan military stand by.
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Members of the Venezuelan military stand next to the cars in President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Crowds gather in Caracas, Venezuela, to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade. Venezuelan honor guards stand by.
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Crowds holding signs and American and Venezuelan flags gather in Caracas, Venezuela, to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade.
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Crowds holding signs and American and Venezuelan flags gather in Caracas, Venezuela, to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade.
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Crowds holding signs and American and Venezuelan flags gather in Caracas, Venezuela, to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade.
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Crowds holding signs and American and Venezuelan flags gather in Caracas, Venezuela, to watch President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade. Members of the Venezuelan military stand by.
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Visitors gather at Maiquetía International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela, for President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s arrival. White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) officer, Jack Rubley, stands at right of group speaking to an unidentified man.
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President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy prepare to step off Air Force One upon their arrival at Maiquetía International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela.
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Sign at Maiquetía International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela welcoming President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
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View of buses and cars in Venezuela, carrying members of the press reporting on President John F. Kennedy's trip to South America.
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Members of the press reporting on President John F. Kennedy's trip to South America sit on a bus in Venezuela.
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Members of the press reporting on President John F. Kennedy's trip to South America sit on a bus in Venezuela.
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy addresses the audience in Spanish at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela, at a ceremony granting farmers titles to land under the Agrarian Reform Program. President John F. Kennedy stands to the right of Mrs. Kennedy; President of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt sits to the right of President Kennedy in the front row. US State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes, stands to the left of Mrs. Kennedy. Also seated in the group at right: United States Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Chester B. Bowles, President Kennedy's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs; US Ambassador to Venezuela, Teodoro Moscoso; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert F. Woodward; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard.
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President John F. Kennedy enters the National Pantheon of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, to lay a wreath on the tomb of General Simón Bolívar in observance of the 131st anniversary of Bolívar’s death. Members of the Venezuelan military, reporters, and others observe.
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Members of the Venezuelan military stand guard outside the National Pantheon of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela. President John F. Kennedy lays a wreath on the tomb of General Simón Bolívar inside the Pantheon in observance of the 131st anniversary of Bolívar’s death.
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White House Correspondent for Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) News, Robert Pierpoint (center), stands outside the National Pantheon of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, where President John F. Kennedy laid a wreath on the tomb of General Simón Bolívar in observance of the 131st anniversary of Bolívar’s death.