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...emancipation of Latin American women has hardly been encouraged by Latin American men. It was not until 1947 that Venezuela and Argentina finally conceded voting rights, 1954 before Colombia followed suit. Brazil waited until 1952 before revamping its civil code to guarantee a married woman the right to choose any profession she wished. But progress is inexorable, and every year the ladies move ahead. To many a male, it now seems they are proceeding by leaps and bounds...
Schools & Skills. In Argentina, where women now account for almost 35% of the total work force, the Federation of Business and Professional Women has grown to 400 members. Bolivia's La Paz University currently counts 543 female students, a fourfold increase since 1950; the number of women in the schools of commerce has jumped 20-fold in five years. At Caracas' Central University, girls outnumber boys 2 to 1 in dentistry, 4 to 1 in pharmacy...
After Spain's General Francisco Franco told Argentina's ex-Dictator Juan Perón, 69, to stop meddling in Argentine politics or get out of Spain, those close to Perón felt that pride would force the aging exile to seek asylum elsewhere. But life is good at Perón's opulent villa in Madrid, and for the moment at least comfort overcame pride. Last week Perón surrendered to Franco's terms, solemnly promising to abstain from all political skulduggery "while I remain in this country...
Spain's General Francisco Franco allowed Argentina's General Juan Domingo Peron to settle in Madrid five years ago with only one condition: the ousted South American strongman was not to engage in politics. Peron plunged forthwith into a career of remote-control intrigue that reached a ludicrous anticlimax this month when a long-heralded attempt to return home ended in his being sent back to Spain from Rio. Last week Franco decreed that the Argentine would either have to sign a pledge within 30 days forswearing political activity or leave Spain...
...another fiasco at New York's Kennedy Airport, where they were promptly bucked back to Madrid because they lacked proper visas. At week's end, they tried a second time, with visas, and made it through to Asuncion, the capital of friendly Paraguay. Diehard Peronistas in neighboring Argentina claimed that it was an advance party and that Peron might still work his way to Asuncion...