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...continent where general-presidents have all too often tried to perpetuate themselves in office. Aramburu's conduct had an exemplary effect well beyond the borders of Argentina. Items: ¶Colombia's five-man military junta, which will hold an election March 16. says: "We shall turn over our powers to a civilian President at 3 p.m.. Aug. 7. 1958." ¶Venezuela's provisional President. Rear Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal. promises elections for a constituent assembly before the year...
...deep change, the Roman Catholic Church has played a foresighted and honorable role; it sensed popular anger at dictators in Argentina. Colombia and Venezuela, and stood quietly but firmly against them. Last week the church in Cuba shifted adroitly into opposition to Strongman Fulgencio Batista by calling for a "national-unity government" to replace his. By contrast, the U.S. State Department has sometimes had an unhappy knack of appearing to back the dictators. Former Inter-American Affairs Chief Henry Holland publicly hailed Peron as a "great Argentine." Secretary of State Dulles took time during one of his two visits...
...moved beyond policing to make one of the great decisions of his life. He sent the U.S.S. Nashville into the port of Colon in Panama to give implicit support to a Panamanian rebellion against Panama's colonial overlord, Colombia. His eventual intention, of course, was to seize or to negotiate possession of a canal zone in Panama, dig the canal, and that way safeguard the defenses of both coasts of the U.S. Said T.R.: "It was imperative ... of vital necessity...
...Punta Galera, 100 miles from the Colombia border, the young convict embraced the Herveys, kissed their hands in gratitude, then rode ashore with his friends and their loot in Valinda's launch. When they were gone, the yacht headed north to Panama. By week's end, Isabela's commandant reported that order had been restored. And, on the Ecuadorian mainland, ten of the Valinda's fugitive passengers were rounded...
...them to restive army officers. On New Year's Day, after the abortive air-force revolt at Maracay, submachine-gun-toting security police bundled Capriles off to jail, where he was later joined by his brother, Marco, Ultimas Noticias' circulation manager. Carlos, a third brother, fled to Colombia, while five top Capriles editors went into hiding or exile. By last week all were back at work in Caracas...