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...burnish the U.S. image abroad, the policy has been a great triumph in many regions. From Latin America, TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand reports that among the people?but not the officials?Carter is fast becoming as admired as the much venerated John Kennedy. Notes a leading opposition politician in Chile: "The U.S. is now in the forefront of the fight for freedom and has once again assumed moral and spiritual leadership...
...assessment of the policy is no better than mixed if Carter's aim is to ease the plight of those suffering rights abuses. In some nations?South Korea, the Philippines, Benin, Chile, Iran and Argentina?a number of dissenters have begun receiving slightly fairer treatment. But elsewhere there has been either no relaxation or?as in the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Rumania?there have been new repressive crackdowns...
...getting in the way of a lot of things which might be more important in the long term." Others point to the selective morality of Carter's stand; he sharply assails some repressive countries, but he goes easier on those that the U.S. considers vital to its own interests. Chile is excoriated, but little is said about the Shah of Iran's heavy-handed rule. Moreover, much of Carter's policy appears contradictory. He wants to develop better, closer relations with Third World countries, yet, if he were to be honest and consistent, he would chastise and penalize most...
...since the '30s has the copper industry endured such deeply depressing times. Largely because of reckless overproduction of the red metal in some strapped Third World countries, notably Chile, Peru, Zambia and Zaire, worldwide supply exceeds demand by the biggest margin ever. Copper prices, which were as high as $1.52 per lb. on the London Metal Exchange in 1974, have collapsed to 56? in London and 65? in the U.S.-well below production costs at some mines. In these circumstances, U.S. firms were not all that upset three weeks ago when 40,000 copper workers seeking higher wages shut...
...Ditch will be open to ships from any nation. A number of the Latin American governments most openly in favor of turning the zone over to Panama have quietly urged the U.S. to insist on this guarantee. Otherwise, ask representatives from such heavy canal users as Ecuador, Colombia, Chile and Peru, how could they be certain that some future Panamanian ruler might not shut off the canal to their ships in a totally unforeseeable squabble? Largely because of this agreement, General George Brown, Chairman .of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says he is "satisfied" with the negotiations...