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...almost three years Colombia's silver-haired Mariano Ospina Pérez has walked some of the steepest political cliffs in Latin America. Not once have his judgment, his courage and his silken poise failed him. A Conservative who reached the presidency because of a split in the Liberal Party, he has had to govern with a Liberal majority in the Congress and with a coalition cabinet. Ospina brushed off diehard Conservative pressure to crush the opposition by high-handed use of his powers. Last year, when enraged followers of assassinated Liberal Chieftain Jorge Eliécer Gaitan sacked...
Inactive since 1933 and unsealed for years, Colombia's snow-capped Purace Volcano seemed just the place for an adventurous outing. From the high school at Popayan 24 miles away, 18 students and a truck driver set off one morning last week to climb the mile-high mountain. Except for two students who got tired and lagged a quarter mile behind, the climbers had no trouble getting close to the top. Just as they opened a bottle of rum to celebrate their easy success, a terrific explosion shook Purac...
...Thereupon Argentina made a deal to buy $7,000,000 worth of U.S.-made arms at current cost, but the dollar-shy Perón government has so far been able to pick up only $1,800,000 worth of the order. Since the Argentine deal was made, Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Uruguay have all tried to buy in the U.S. market. Their orders have not been big enough for U.S. manufacturers to start up production lines...
...Never Rains ... In Bogotá, Colombia, after holding special services to pray for rain, citizens had to call on the army and Red Cross to rescue 50 families made homeless by flood waters...
...recent months the Liberals, especially the Gaitanista faction, had seemed to be losing strength. After last week's massive, disciplined demonstration, Colombia's Conservatives began to reconsider their chances in next June's elections...