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firms-that had made Argentina virtually self-sufficient in oil. Illia claimed that the contracts, signed between 1958 and 1960 under deposed President Arturo Frondizi, hurt the Argentine national oil company, and were illegal to boot. "But no one need be alarmed," he said. "Justice will be done." Last week, the private oilmen were still working for justice and a fair settlement. The country's state-run oil company, which took over the foreign holdings, has been unable to keep pace with demand, has gone back to importing wholesale quantities of crude oil for the first time in four...
...from the government and counts 700 workers in the field, mostly in Commonwealth countries and European refugee camps. Three developing countries-El Salvador, Kenya and Zambia-have started domestic Peace Corps to work within their own borders. Nine other countries are planning overseas or domestic Peace Corps-style organizations: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and even tiny Liechtenstein...
...fewer than 44 of the counts named Dr. Ivy himself, a noted physiologist who was formerly the University of Illinois' vice president of professional colleges. Indicted with him were: Dr. Stevan Durovic, who claimed to have first made Krebiozen in Argentina from the blood of horses; Dr. William F. P. Phillips, a general practitioner; and the Krebiozen Research Foundation. Among the grand jury's allegations: - > Stevan Durovic offered to make 15 grams of Krebiozen for the National Cancer Institute at $170,000 a gram, though Krebiozen is creatine monohydrate, a common chemical costing 300 a gram-and "even...
Whether Bolivia's new rulers prove better or worse than the civilians they deposed remains to be seen. Recent military regimes in Latin America have established that they cannot immediately be presumed to be bad. They represent a different breed than the medal-jangling "strongman" epitomized by Argentina's exiled Juan Peron and Venezuela's imprisoned Perez Jimenez. Today's soldiers are deeply disturbed about Castroism, disgusted by graft, inefficiency and thoughtless political warfare. Right or wrong, they claim to have seized power to prevent chaos. In most cases, they seem content to return to constitutional...
They have a sneaking suspicion that the present exercise is a devious scheme into which Perón has been drawn by his top lieutenant in Argentina-Augusto Timoteo Vandor, 41. Known as El Lobo, The Wolf, Vandor has already proved his cunning by shouldering aside old-line Peronista bosses for control of the Peronista organization. He believes in "Peronismo without Perón," and if Perón fails to return after setting such a specific deadline, his disappointed followers may finally write off their old hero. In that case, El Lobo would be in position to convert himself...