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...faced even the faintest threat of political instability or hostility along either of its two long, undefended borders. That prospect, no matter how remote, has inspired a blend of acute concern and well-intentioned sympathy for Mexico's plight. Says U.S. Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin: "We want Mexico to be free, and we want Mexico to be prosperous. Why? Enlightened self-interest...
...Brazilians, treated Colombian contrariness with aplomb and showed requisite concern toward Central American countries. An unambitious agenda, to be sure, but in its approach to Latin America the Reagan Administration can do worse than behave with simple, graceful solicitousness. -By Kurt Andersen. Reported by Douglas Brew with Reagan and Gavin Scott/Brasilia
Newly installed in the presidential palace, Siles Zuazo told TIME South America Bureau Chief Gavin Scott last week that he includes the sick economy and the cocaine trade among his highest priorities. "We must defend the cultivation of coca," he insists, "since from time immemorial it has been chewed by our people to relieve pain. But we must fight to the death for the repression of drug traffickers who take the leaves and make cocaine." This puts the new President in a delicate position: some military men have quietly warned they will resist any attempt to crush the profitable business...
...George Russell. Reported by Bonnie Angelo/London and Gavin Scott/Buenos Aires
Reported by Bonnie Angela/London and Gavin Scott/Buenos Aires