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...army is dissatisfied with Duvalier, and embittered at being upstaged by the ragtag militia. Last month a group of army officers hatched a plot to depose Duvalier. When the dictator got wind of the coup, four of the officers involved managed to take refuge in the Brazilian embassy. A fifth, Colonel Charles Turnier, was picked up and dragged to Dessalines barracks for "questioning." Next morning machine guns rattled in the barracks, and there was Turnier dead on the drill ground. The official version was that Turnier somehow acquired a pistol, broke out of his cell, and was cut down...
...British, who came to exploit the rich Brazilian market, broke down many of the social barriers. They "unshadowed" Brazil, leaving it open, plain and more English. Shutters were replaced by glass windows; verandas were built so that the mansion women at least could look out on the street. The streets were paved, lighted, and generally "emancipated" from the wealthy...
...million to a Brazilian electric company to run more power into Brazil's industry-starved northeast bulge...
...trouble from Foreign Minister Lima. Fixing the delegation with an icy stare, Lima informed it that "the congress is inopportune" and that there would be no official courtesies forthcoming. Then Moscow reported that Russia's entire delegation-Authoress Vasilevskaya included -had been refused visas without explanation by the Brazilian embassy...
...Mexico, Brazilian diplomats called on influential Mexican authorities to convince them that it would be a good idea to keep Lázaro Cárdenas at home. Brazil's embassy in Mexico City then announced that a new rubber stamp was needed to validate tourist cards-and apologized to waiting Mexican and Cuban delegations that the stamp had not yet arrived from Brazil. It never...