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...fervent antiCommunist, the rail-thin Videla (his barracks nickname is El Hueso, the bone) will probably appoint a civilian Economy Minister who favors business and a Foreign Minister who supports strong ties with the U.S. For the moment, his main concern seems to be to avoid the kind of Chilean-style repression that might anger world opinion and frighten away foreign investors. Isabel herself may be allowed to fly into exile, probably to Spain; if she does stand trial, it is likely to be for a relatively minor offense, such as misuse of public funds...
Civil war in Angola erupted against last fall after the breakdown of the coalition government's elections. The October, 1975 polling has little in common with the Chilean fiasco, where a socialist regime attempted to assume power through the ballot box, leaving intact the fascist network of its predecessors. Rather in Angola the population had already fought an arduous 14 year war against the Portuguese minority regime for the very sake of establishing a socialist state under majority rule. During the transitional period last year, the Portuguese Armed Forces Movement conducted and published monthly polls on the relative popularity...
...lived openly in Bavaria until 1951, when pressure to bring him to justice forced his retreat to the havens of Argentina and Paraguay. Only when Israeli agents came hunting did he flee to the cover of a German settlement in the Paraguayan jungle. Presumably he is still there, drinking Chilean Riesling and reminiscing about the Third Reich...
...last year, is a natural-resources and gas-pipeline firm, with interests ranging from chemicals to shipbuilding. Anaconda mines and processes copper, aluminum and other metals and manufactures a wide range of industrial materials. Recently the firm has been buffeted by reverses, including the 1971 expropriation of its huge Chilean copper holdings, falling copper prices and a slump in demand for Anaconda's products. Result: a $39.8 million loss in 1975 on revenues of $1.09 billion...
...citizens were truly represented, for example, when Moynihan authored a resolution calling for worldwide amnesty for all political prisoners. Unfortunately the third world's benevolent despots, the stability of their own regimes depending on the incarceration of the opposition, killed it. Or when the credentials committee charged that the Chilean delegation represented a military dictatorship, and not the Chilean people, Moynihan added, "We have here a list of 45 military governments and 35 others installed by military coup. Let's look into them all." The committee responded by voting to drop the matter...