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...Asia received $78 million from the bank, plus $163 million from its affiliate, the International Development Association. But five Latin American countries got $328 million, 60% more than in 1961. Mexico received $30.5 million to build federal toll roads and bridges, $130 million for its massive electrification program. Before Argentina's military junta deposed President Arturo Frondizi last March, the bank came through with $95 million to expand electric power in Buenos Aires. Other loans: $50 million to Colombia and $4,000,000 to Panama for electric power, $18.5 million to Uruguay for highway development. From I.D.A...
Countries sometimes wear their troubles more lightly than the statistics or the headlines indicate. In uneasy Argentina. the cost of living is up 58% this year, the peso down 60%. But it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, and in Buenos Aires the days are blazing and the nights sticky. The place to get away to is Mar del Plata, Argentina's favorite Atlantic resort, 250 miles south, and last week the annual migration was in full swing...
They once were not welcome at Mar del Plata. In 1886, when the seashore city was first linked to Buenos Aires by rail, Argentina's cattle barons took a liking to the foaming, cool surf, and invited their rich friends to build summer homes...
Palm trees and well-tended flower beds brighten the grounds of the four grey stone and concrete buildings of Villa Devoto Detention Institute in Buenos Aires. But the facade hides a multitude of sins and sinners: inside, Villa Devoto is the darkest penal hellhole in all Argentina...
Looking more like Great Danes with manes, a trio of hip-high horses arrived at Idlewild Airport from Argentina. They were bound for the McLean, Va.. home of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy as a Christmas surprise for their seven children and Ethel's relatives. Hearing about the horses, and feeling an urge to expand the Kennedy menagerie (present occupants: four dogs, 20 rabbits, one guinea pig, one donkey), Ethel shot off an order to Argentine Breeder Julio Falabella. who claims that his herd of 350 is unique. Sturdy enough to saddle up and ride, the midget horses have...