Word: bolivian
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...crucial pivot that keeps him in or out of power will be the Bolivian army and his own armed followers. So long as they remain loyal, Paz will probably weather the storm. It is in the best interest of the hemisphere that he do so. He is an able economist of considerable vision; he has a deep appreciation of inter-American relations and the U.S. role in Latin American development. And he is probably the only man strong enough to hold together his seething land...
MARINA NUÑEZ DEL PRADO and SIDNEY WOLFSON - World House, 987 Madison Ave. at 77th. New works by Miss Del Prado, a Bolivian sculptress who exploits the grain of exotic woods, smooths onyx and marble into virginal shapes that often echo the human form; and 40 paintings by New Yorker Wolfson, whose subtle shades sing in soft harmony. Through...
...Charles de Gaulle emerged, majestic and tanned, from the jet that had brought him home after his four-week, ten-nation tour of South America. The general bore an odd assortment of presents: an Argentine pony (asked De Gaulle when the presentation was made: "What does it eat?"), a Bolivian trumpet, Chilean spurs, a Colombian gold cigar box encrusted with emeralds (he does not smoke), and a Uruguayan whip appropriately inscribed, "Strike hard against the enemies of France." The return received dutiful top coverage by the state-owned television network, although the French had long since become bored with...
...might prove too strenuous for a man of 73. But the southern exposure obviously agreed with him, and he was feeling so well that he complained about one day's schedule not being full enough. Seasoned De Gaullologists were startled to see him hugely enjoying a colorfully costumed Bolivian "devil dance," despite his dis dain for things folkloric. They were stunned when in Chile he actually responded with a big wave to photographers' shouts for just one more...
...sharp rap on the door of the La Paz hotel suite was impossible to ignore, even at 5 on a Sunday morning. Former Bolivian President Hernàn Siles Zuazo, 50, stumbled drowsily out of bed to answer the summons, and there stood half a dozen members of the government's control político police. "You mean you're going to arrest the chief of the revolution?" asked Siles. They were indeed. Two days later, Siles and 33 other, lesser Bolivians were unceremoniously air-expressed to exile in neigh boring Paraguay...