Word: chiles
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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C.I.P. last week released a survey showing that in recent months over 60 Catholic prelates, from Chile to Mexico, have specifically condemned Naziism. "Today," added C.I.P., "the Latin American hierarchy is intent upon bringing to light the hidden but profound dangers of totalitarianism . . . and ... is doing a unique work in clarifying the present world situation in a way that will be understood in all Latin American circles...
...nation in South America has entered the war, but all except the two southernmost (Argentina and Chile) have broken diplomatic relations with the Axis...
Only hitch in the program was the failure of La Cadena to pick up President Rios of Chile, President Baldomir of Uruguay. President Rios canceled...
...sailing was all balled up. In Brazil they protested the accommodations on a ship especially refurbished for a Brazilian-Axis exchange via Lisbon. In other South American countries, acting on their own initiative, they asked permission to stay even if interned. Others wangled or wandered into Argentina and Chile, only two countries left where they were officially welcome. Wherever they could, they bought up all the silk stockings and leather goods in sight...
Quarter-sphere defense may be feasible from a military viewpoint. Economically, Professor Spykman believes that it is hopeless "without the tin and the tungsten of Bolivia, the copper of Chile and the tungsten, wool and tanning products of the Argentine, our war industries would be seriously crippled even if we could produce in northern Brazil the materials -which now come from the tropical zones of Asia and Africa...