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Terrorist bombs rocked Argentina last week, producing a crisis somewhat more serious than the many others President Arturo Frondizi has faced in his two-year regime. After TNT blasted an army intelligence major's home and killed his three-year-old daughter, Frondizi declared a state of "internal war"; police dragnets swept through the capital at night to knock on 1,400 doors and haul off 250 followers of ousted Dictator Juan Peron. Coming on the eve of a mid-term congressional election that no one can really win, the trouble pointed up the odd state of a democratic...
...through four free Latin American republics had turned out to be, with rare exception, a carnation-strewn show of affection for Dwight Eisenhower and the people he represents. Somehow-with flashing smile that never faded, with dignity that never truckled, with simple words that went down as well in Argentina as they do in Abilene-the President got across the message of creative friendship and collective responsibility in the name of the long-misunderstood "Colossus of the North...
...Argentina, the press made much out of reporting that the enthusiastic reception at seaside Mar del Plata had moved the President of the U.S. to a public display of warm and very human tears. In Brazil, acting Foreign Minister Fernando Ramos de Alencar reflected that "to us who shook hands with him, it was like being visited by Santa Claus." In Chile, lanky, Lincolnesque President Jorge Alessandri toasted Eisenhower: "You have conquered our hearts." In Uruguay, Eduardo Victor Haedo, a federal councilman who will rotate into the council presidency next year, said: "Eisenhower's personal history and the policy...
...each stop the Americans split into two-and three-man teams of eyes and ears for Ike to confer with Latin American leaders around conference tables, at luncheon and dinner. In Argentina, one group of committeemen closeted themselves for 1½ hours with Economy Minister Alvaro Alsogaray while another met with eleven top educators, heard earnest argument for more fellowships for study in the U.S. In Chile, the team of Holland and Milton Eisenhower listened to Chilean university heads explain their dilemma as a conflict between a developing nation's obligation to concentrate on technical learning without neglecting liberal...
...jeeps had windshield frames that buckled under the tropical heat, glass with ripples, and tires that wore out after 5,000 miles. Russian diesel motors sold in Argentina held up for fewer than three years. And when drilling machines ordered by a Brazilian firm from Poland arrived in bad condition the Poles ignored all claims...