Venezuelans cheer Mrs. Kennedy’s Spanish 50 years ago today (1961)


Video: Mrs. Kennedy speaks Spanish (at 1:52)

(Saturday, December 16, 1961) — During a tour of Latin America with her husband, U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy spoke to a crowd in Spanish today in La Morita, Venezuela, about the rights of all people to a fair-paying job and a decent education and lifestyle.