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...Pedro Blanquier, economist and engineer, had never held public office in Chile (with the exception of a brief term as director of the State railroads) until fortnight ago when he became Premier. Last week Pedro Blanquier was back in private life. Eight days of Pedro were apparently enough for Chile's wily Dictator, swart President Carlos Ibanez...
...Premier Blanquier represented the Opposition. Wily President Ibanez allowed him to assume office when the press of Chile's financial difficulties and secret political plottings threatened open revolution. One of Premier Blanquier's first moves was to declare a moratorium on Chile's foreign debt, from Chile's point of view a much needed step (TIME, July 27). Not satisfied with that, he restored freedom of the press. Emissaries carried to Dictator Ibanez news of still more drastic reforms in the offing. Last week, eight days after taking office, Premier Blanquier and his ministers announced that...
Chilean liberals raged ineffectually. Students at the National and Catholic Universities declared a four-day strike, in memory of the "Four Days of Liberty" under Blanquier, locked themselves in the building and hung revolutionary flags from the windows. A crowd of over 2,000 organized a parade and attempted to march to Chile's White House, the Casa Moneda. Kept away by a formidable cordon of police, the crowd retreated, relieved its feelings by tossing bricks through the windows of the Casa del Pueblo (founded by Ibanez). Then it gathered in front of the home of Miguel Letelier...
This might have filled the bill if the people of Chile had not suddenly decided that if eight days of Blanquier were long enough for Ibanez, four years of Ibanez were long enough for them. Crowds rioted for three days, overturning trolley cars, shouting "We want the head of Ibanez...
Next morning strictly-legal Premier Blanquier announced a complete moratorium on Chile's foreign debt at least until...