Word: bolivians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...memory of a bloodily crushed strike eight months ago raised an uproar last week in the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies. The strike was that of Tin King Simon I. Patino's miners (TIME, Dec. 28, 1942); the uproar came when leaders of Bolivia's extremist parties accused the Government of responsibility for the bloodshed that followed Army intervention.* Under the barrage of criticism, President Enrique Penaranda's nine-man Cabinet resigned...
...problem has haunted President Penaranda. After the strike was put down, a mixed U.S.-Bolivian commission, in response to public indignation in Bolivia and the U.S., investigated the mines, made recommendations which the President promised would be carried out. They never were. Now, President Penaranda had the choice of improving conditions or forming a strong-arm military government...
...Bolivian government admits 19 dead, 40 wounded; Bolivian miners claim that 400 men, women & children were shot down...
Back to his capital, La Paz, after a visit to Brazil went President Enrique Peñaranda of Bolivia last week, his face wreathed in the most satisfied smile any Bolivian President has worn in years. In his pocket were trade agreements just concluded with his big neighbor to the east. The chief prize: Bolivian rights to use the Brazilian port of Santos as a free port, thus gaining an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean...
Friendly Diplomacy. If not world-shakers the Bolivian-Brazilian agreements might prove a milestone in the history of South American relationships and power balances. Brazil's gesture brought her enhanced prestige, a significant indication of the leading role Brazil was gradually taking from her greatest rival, Argentina. Already Brazil has economic agreements with Uruguay and Paraguay, is heading toward another with Peru. Ultimate goal of the new Brazilian policy may be the welding of the Amazonian bloc: Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Peru and the Guianas. If this succeeds, Argentina, already out of step politically in South America...