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Latin American Presidents are not, as a rule, a very chummy bunch; they have often preferred to go their separate ways. But such was the mood of camaraderie that marked the Punta del Este conference that they have already begun to communicate with each other in a way that bodes...
Six-Point Attack. Around the big circular table in a converted gambling casino at Punta del Este, 19 Presidents affixed their signatures to a 10,000-word, red-leather-bound declaration that is aimed at helping Latin American countries solve in unison their cen turies-old problems of illiteracy, poverty...
No Chandelier. Johnson's main contribution to the conference, as it turned out, was his ability to make the Presidents feel that he -and the U.S.-really understood their problems and wanted to help. That was no mean feat at Punta del Este, where Johnson was a very big...
Just to Listen. The strict security arrangements kept Johnson from mingling with Latin Americans and pressing the flesh, but he made up for that in his private sessions with the Presidents. His face burnished copper by the warm Uruguayan sun, he sat in a lounge chair on the lawn of...
In the task of creating a new community of Latin American nations on their own, the leaders who met in Punta del Este will be looking to the U.S. and Lyndon Johnson for limited help, for encouragement and moral support. When it comes to the hard business of getting actual...