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...fans who made their way to the Bogota bull ring one day last week to see a Mexican troupe of women bullfighters looked forward to nothing more than a mildly diverting afternoon of watching prudent girls avoid listless bulls. Actually, they were privileged to witness one of the high comic moments of Bogota's bullfight history...
Critic. In Bogota, Colombia, a disgruntled movie patron set fire to the curtains on the stage...
...about the new war in Korea. In Santiago, the dollar sagged from 109 to 81 pesos in brisk free-market trading. Crowds gathered quickly to read news bulletins in Mexico City's Bucareli Street, radio stations increased their newscasts. "The measures which the great nations now take," said Bogota's El Tiempo, "will affect all of us. We enter into a grave period...
Because of Colombia's rigid internal censorship, Bogota's famed Liberal daily, El Tiempo, keeps a guarded silence about political developments at home. But when considering the affairs of her hemisphere neighbors, El Tiempo aims and fires at will. Last week El Tiempo drew a bead on Argentina's President Juan Domingo Perón, whose followers recently celebrated Loyalty Day (TIME, Oct. 30), known also to thousands of Argentines as "Saint Perón's Day." Said El Tiempo...
...Bogota, the customs of mourning were ironbound. Even within the last 20 years, mourning still meant black garments, closed doors, no music, no parties, no entertainment. This mode of life lasted for five years after the death of a spouse, parent or child; three years and six months for a grandparent, brother or sister; two years for a cousin, aunt or uncle...