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Freewheeling Style. The story is much the same in Latin America. From Rio, TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand cables that Carter's concern with human rights at first prompted the Chilean and Argentine regimes to grant dissenters a bit more leeway. But in the past week "Argentina barred those held under the state-of-siege regulations from leaving the country-an option they had before. In Chile, the official state of siege has been extended for six more months, and last week the Christian Democratic Party and three other political groups were outlawed...
Others who will be there are Brother Blue, famous storyteller and regaler of children, adults and subway riders; Carlos Larzarte, a folksong singer from Argentina; and Pete Smith, who plays the guitar and dulcimer and recorded an album with an assist from Harvard's own Dave Heilbroner...
...after Carter's press conference, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance told a Senate subcommittee that the Administration was adopting an unprecedented policy. It was recommending a reduction in the budget for foreign aid to three nations because of their repressive policies: Argentina (credits cut from a planned $48.4 million to $15 million), Uruguay (a drop of $2.5 million) and Ethiopia (the loss of its entire allotment of $11.7 million in military help). At the same time, Vance acknowledged that aid would continue undiminished to South Korea, a country notably intolerant of dissent. South Korea would get aid, said Vance...
...foreign policy more sensitive to the problem of human rights are to be commended. These initiatives--the reference to human rights in President Carter's inaugural address, his support for Andrei Sakharov and other Soviet dissidents, and his administration's cut-back in aid to repressive regimes in Argentina, Uruguay and Ethiopia--mark a welcome change from the amorality of U.S. foreign dealings under Secretary of State Henry Kissinger '50. There are also indications that Carter's support for human rights has begun to have an effect: several U.S. aid recipients have announced in the past months that they plan...
Even in a capital now accustomed to political tension and frequent street demonstrations, the new surge of violence was chilling. Many political and labor leaders among the opposition took refuge away from their homes, despite promises of police protection. Christian Democratic Leader Joaquin Ruiz Gimenez likened the violence to Argentina's wave of political terror. Declared Vincente Cardinal Enrique y Tarancdn: "The Spanish people's voice of peace and hope should not be throttled by violent and anti-Christian machine guns...