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...recalls, "I introduced the entrepreneurial aspect of the love for the knowledge of economy into our government." After a pause he confides, "The problem for Latin American presidents is that they don't have access to reliable advisers and researchers. The entrepreneur has the best chance for success. Betancourt has a chance. He's got a strong party and good technical assistants. But Bosch--Bosch was lucky to last as long as he did. He's a great man, but a writer and an intellectual. Can you imagine Hemingway governing...
With the Dec. 1 presidential elections drawing closer, Venezuela's embattled President Rómulo Betancourt faces mounting attacks by the rabidly pro-Castro F.A.L.N. terrorists who are determined to make a mockery of law and order. For a few hours last week, Betancourt seemed to have won a round against the F.A.L.N. But as it turned out, the Castroites had an even bigger week against Betancourt...
With the news, Venezuela exploded with joy. Scores of letters, telegrams and donations poured into the hospital. President Rómulo Betancourt phoned twice in a day; the hospital picked up the medical tab and the government set up a fund to cover the boys' education. The family can well use it. Inés María and the babies' father, Efrén Lubín Prieto, 38, live in a 20-ft.-sq. mud hut in a dismal slum on the shore of Lake Maracaibo...
...kidnaping-like the theft of touring Louvre treasures early this year -was one more brazen attempt by the F.A.L.N. to shame the pro-West government of President Rómulo Betancourt. In this it succeeded; it also succeeded in exposing the woefully inefficient and almost comic condition of the Caracas police force...
Last month Betancourt finally set up a joint police command, responsible directly to him and with complete authority over all Caracas police. Some forces are being equipped with fast new prowl cars and station wagons; and for the first time, vehicles will be dispatched through a central radio command...