Word: castillo
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...Buenos Aires and Santiago there were insistent rumors that President Ríos was attempting to obtain joint action from stubborn Ramón S. Castillo's Argentine Government. In the Argentine capital observers noted signs that Castillo was planning a hasty trip to Santiago. That might also mean a last Argentine effort to keep Chile on the path of Argentina's "prudent neutrality." The issue was plain. At the Senate's session this week, Chile would have to choose...
...Argentina the United Nations lost a friend this week and "prudently neutral" President Ramón S. Castillo an enemy. Death took big, two-fisted General Agustín Justo, 66, ex-President and outstanding candidate for reelection in November. The cause: cerebral hemorrhage...
...main prop of the Castillo policy of continued Axis recognition has been the contention that, while the U.S. might disapprove of Argentine neutrality, Britain favored it. This likewise was a theme for Axis propaganda. The official Information Bulletin of Argentina's Foreign Ministry recently reprinted excerpts from an article in a London periodical about Argentine neutrality. The gist of the article, in the Argentine version, was that everything was all right so far as Britain was concerned...
...this complacent dream was rudely shattered. From London came a strongly worded statement-long overdue-that Britain "deplores" President Castillo's course and was "astonished" that his government had attempted to convey a different impression. The London statement was quickly seconded by the U.S., which declared itself in full accord with Britain's views...
...immediate reaction of Argentina's government was typical. Police banned publication of the British protest in all Argentine newspapers. President Castillo and his Foreign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú went into hurried conference. Next day they came up with a reply which the press was directed to print side by side with the London statement...