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Frustrated, confused and angry, Apristas with navy help revolted violently one Sunday at dawn in Callao, but were speedily put down by the army at a cost of 100 killed. The government promptly outlawed the party. Less than a month later, Odria, by then convinced of his mission, seized power in a military junta. Haya took asylum in Lima's Colombian Embassy, became the world's most celebrated refugee before Odria freed and exiled him last year (he now lives in Belgium...
Meetings cannot be held without police permits; in practice, permits are not granted. Apristas (and other oppositionists) are shot, exiled or shipped off to prison on Frontón Island, near Callao, and forgotten. Imprudent editors who displease the regime are sometimes bludgeoned by prowlers in the night. Students at ancient San Marcos are restive; last week, as it often is, the university was closed down after a strike. Apra simmers explosively underground. The Indians still ive in their timeless withdrawal, despite some experiments aimed at improving their lot (TIME...
...trip from Callao to Balboa, Panama, through the Canal to Colon proved eventless. The Carribean, then in the middle of the September hurrican season, was placid. The boat's first stop was Key West, then Miami. Here they had their first run-in with two American institutions: the press and tumbling bureacracy...
After restocking, the Miru headed for Callao, Peru, 4,250 miles away. It was now mid-July--the south Pacific's January. The average temperature was around 35 degrees. About half way across, Davis rationed food for the adults because supplies were slowly diminishing. Their situation become desperate. Davis, Donovan, and Arrow found that there was not enough energy in rationed food to keep them going. Apathy and lassitude...
With him Davis brought his wife, his two children, and two children, and two crewmen. The Miru, powered by a diesel engine, arrived at Callao, Peru, on August 21, after braving two hurricanes and 60-foot seas...