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...more revolt against bullet-scarred President Luis Sanchez Cerro of Peru was put down by Federal troops at Huaras last week. The President closed both the National College and the National University as "hotbeds of revolutions," appealed for voluntary contributions to purchase three squadrons of bombing planes useful in putting down further revolts...
According to tough little President Luiz Sanchez Cerro of Peru whose body has been scarred by bullets of several would-be assassins (TIME, March 14), "The revolt was suppressed and several thousand loyal troops are carrying out their orders to surround and capture the insurgents." To finance the suppression $50,000 was appropriated by Peru's Congress...
...their markets with U. S. producers through Copper Exporters, Inc. Last week the first tangible evidence of the split was seen when four big foreign producers resigned from the export body. They were: Union Minière du Haut Katanga, Chile Copper, subsidiary of Anaconda; International Nickel Co. of Canada; Cerro de Pasco with prolific mines in Peru. Coppermen thought Copper Exporters would eventually cease to function, that U. S. producers would concentrate on their domestic market. Last week copper sold at 5?¢ in the U. S., 5¢ at London...
...even to Sanchez Cerro, enough is enough. Last week he commuted the death sentence to imprisonment for 25 years...
Just now President Sanchez Cerro's government is attempting to line up South American states in a defensive tariff union against the U. S. Strongly urging this policy, the daily El Comercio declared last week: "We must watch closely the coming British Empire conference at Ottawa. . . . We must again look to England and Europe for markets for our products. . . . The United States should never again speak to us about 'Pan-Americanism,' as that word from now on is without soul and without force. We have seen what happened in Nicaragua and Haiti...