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...most shameful moment of national life in Latin America comes when a military dictator strikes out the nearly standard constitutional provision forbidding a President to succeed himself, and prolongs his own term. When that moment came last week in Colombia, civilians-students, bankers and priests-told the strongman to go. For the intimate story, see HEMISPHERE, The Strongman Falls...
...Path Down. In his early days, Rojas' peacemaking might have worked. After he overthrew Dictator Laureano Gómez in 1953, he was hailed as the savior of Colombia. But one year later Rojas' tragic flaw-the strongman's inability to accept criticism-began to show through. With a heavy hand he began censoring newspapers, finally suppressed Bogotá's two leading dailies, El Tiempo and El Espectador. From there his path led only downward. His soldiers and cops shot down political opponents and students. By spending uncounted millions on arms and post-exchange luxuries aimed...
...blends themselves, in both Tulla's and the Capriccio the many varities come from five or six staples. Tulla explains that she uses Colombia, Brazilian, Javanese, Luziane, and a "secret" blend of Cuban coffee. Most she orders from New York wholesalers, but the Luziane is shipped from New Orleans. To hurry it along, Tulla occassionally resorts to urgent dispatches like the card she sent last week: "Help, help! We ordered six pounds of Luzaine several weeks ago. Wha hoppened...
Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's barefaced drive to re-elect himself President of Colombia piled up enough opposition last week to bring it to a shaky halt. Joined to thwart the strongman's second-term ambitions, the Roman Catholic Church under Crisanto Cardinal Luque, the newly united Liberal and Conservative Parties and the belligerent university students took direct action. Caught by surprise, the President hesitated. Then he moved what he said were 35,000 troops into Bogotá to regain control...
...morning, Valencia, well-known as one of the best shots in Colombia, learned that the troops were preparing: to storm the house. Fingering a .32-cal. Smith & Wesson, he went to the window. "You will have to take me out dead or tied up," he called into the darkness. "You know the kind of fight I can put up." When news of the impending fight spread through the city, a group of leading citizens dashed to the bishop to protest. By telephone, Monsignor Medina routed Cardinal Luque out of bed. Nervously aware of the church's anger, the government...