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...Lopez),* 47, whose brilliant footwork, miming and castanet playing earned her critical as well as public cheers; after two major operations, 17 blood transfusions; in Manhattan. Born in Buenos Aires but raised in Spain by her Castilian parents, she took her stage name from her childhood nickname, "the little Argentinian...
Despised Sisters. When the Argentinian "talks about 'sister republics,' . . . he does so for reasons of political expediency. As a matter of fact . . . [he] looks down upon other Latin Americans with contempt...
Drastic Neighbor. This policy was successful during the period of U.S. "big-stick" intervention in Latin American affairs. But the Good Neighbor Policy was a setback. Argentinians watched "one republic after another being won over to Washington by the simple device of a Pan American policy founded on sincerity. . . . It was plain to the makers of Argentinian diplomacy that a drastic move was imperative. . . .They went in search of an issue and Washington gave them an unexpected one: the growing danger of fascism...
...Argentinian ideas ran . . . like this: Latin American Governments are fascist by nature. Mexico aside, it can be safely assumed that Latin America is far more afraid of a progressive democracy than of fascism. Any acceptance of progressive democracy might result in [the existing governments] being swept out of power...
Defensive Neutrality. The new policy was not successful either. In spite of frantic Argentinian efforts at three Pan American Congresses, "the continental security belt against Axis penetrations came into being." Because of this defeat the Argentinian "neutrality policy was declared . . . in order to show that Argentina could get along, alone and well, in spite of Washington." The Government's "international position . . . is supported by great numbers of Argentinians, especially in the hinterland. There is danger that the Argentinian generals will go to any extent in planning revolts [in neighboring countries...