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...quixotically unsuccessful exporter of revolution in Latin America, the late Ernesto ("Che") Guevara is a Marxist cult figure of high standing. Last week his chief legacy was a hot capitalist property and the object of hectic legal maneuvering in London. As the result of a legal action by the Bolivian government, a British judge upheld an injunction on Sotheby's auction house, preventing the sale of the original diaries of the Argentine-born guerrilla leader. The court order will allow Bolivia to continue its efforts to recover the documents that, its government says, were stolen from army archives...
...Leopardos, created to combat the country's rampant cocaine trade. At first it appeared that Siles' days as President were over. But the show of loyalty to democracy was impressive. A military communique stated that "the armed forces reject this attempt against the President." The powerful Bolivian Confederation of Workers, which has been staging a series of strikes to protest worsening economic conditions, also declared its support for "constitutional order." Scarcely ten hours after the incident had begun, Siles was found in a La Paz warehouse and was released...
...Bolivian team-four marksmen, a fencer and a champion walker named Osvaldo MorejÓn-protested. Asked Victor Hugo Campos, one of the marksmen: "How are we to improve our record if we don't attend any major competitions?" The argument won over Bolivian President Hernán Siles Zuazo. On Friday he told the team it could go to Los Angeles...
Goldsmith always wanted to be a millionaire. At 20 he made international headlines by eloping with a Bolivian heiress, and in 1965 he began a long string of corporate takeovers. Goldsmith's diverse holdings include the French newsweekly L 'Express; Grand Union, the U.S. supermarket chain; and Manhattan's Hard Rock...
...Bolivia, the government move drew an angry response from former Finance Minister Flavio Machicado, who two weeks ago quit the Cabinet of President Hernan Siles Zuazo. Machicado charged that the President had caved in to pressure from the powerful Bolivian Cen tral Labor Union, which led an April gen eral strike to protest belt-tightening mea sures demanded by the International Monetary Fund. Said Machicado: "This renegotiation idea is absurd...