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...anxious to get on with the project. The old canal will be swamped by traffic within 35 years, and a new route must be chosen soon. Out side of Panama, there are two possible routes under consideration: one through Costa Rica and Nicaragua; the other through Colombia. In the preliminary talks, the top men in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, as well as Colombia's Guillermo Leon Valencia, were anxious to negotiate. The U.S. is not presenting Panama with any ultimatums, but it hopes that the country will soon decide where its true interests...
...long history of backlands savagery, Colombia has seen remarkably little organized Castroite activity. The roving bands fought either to settle indigenous political disputes or for the pure, murderous pleasure of it all. But now Castro seems to be dealing himself in-with a guerrilla outfit closely resembling the FALN terrorists in neighboring Venezuela...
...Colombia's President Guillermo Leon Valencia flatly called the raid "Castro-Communist-inspired." Despite the widespread lawlessness in the surrounding countryside, Simacota had never before been troubled by bandits. The uniforms, armbands, methods and message all pointed to Castro...
...early to estimate how big an operation the Castroites have going in Colombia. But recent press reports tell of some 700 Colombians undergoing guerrilla training in Cuba. Bogotá's El Tiempo reported an anonymous call from a woman who warned that the Simacota raid was the first phase of "Operación Esperanza"-Operation Hope. "Soon you will have another surprise," she said. Figuring one such surprise was enough, President Valencia ordered helicopter-equipped anti-guerrilla troops into the hills to hunt down Mariela and her marauders...
...Ecuadorian and Colombian law still prevent a married woman-separated or not-from leaving the country without her husband's written permission. But such old-fashioned notions are dying fast, and Latin American women are determined to lay down a few rules of their own. "We know," says Colombia's Señora de Uribe, "that we have something else to offer than men-namely, the human element, more compassion. And with this, we will conquer society which for years has kept us submissive...