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Coolidge said Dr. Guillermo Herrera, professor of Tropical Diseases, left last Wednesday for Guatemala to observe the situation...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Students, Faculty Raise Money For Guatemalan Relief Drive | 2/18/1976 | See Source »

...Herrera was prepared to stay if needed, but he is now in Colombia. "He said the situation was well in hand," Coolidge added...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Students, Faculty Raise Money For Guatemalan Relief Drive | 2/18/1976 | See Source »

...unites South Americans. The Zone is seen as an odious relic of the imperialist age. All the governments support the Panamanians' demand for a new treaty granting them unmistakable sovereignty over the Zone, with details of canal operations and U.S. military presence to be negotiated. General Omar Torrijos Herrera, Panama's strongman, is willing to wait until after the U.S. election for the new treaty (he has heard of the "Teddy Roosevelt lobby"). But something must give in 1977. He speaks of restraining "the students" (at the University of Panama) as another general might speak of withholding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: South America: Notes on a New Continent | 12/1/1975 | See Source »

...Guillermo Hernan Herrera Manriquez was arrested by DINA, Chile's dread secret police, near Santiago's central railroad station. Herrera was detained briefly and then was taken to his father's home; along with the rest of his family, he was placed under house arrest. The next day Herrera was allowed to speak to his wife, who reported that he had been badly beaten and his ears, mouth and genitals subjected to electric shock. Herrera was permitted no medical attention by his DINA guards. Two days later, his father heard noises from the room where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Terror Under the Junta | 6/16/1975 | See Source »

...Herrera incident, which a Santiago lawyer active in human rights cases swears is true, symbolizes a grim fact about life in Chile today: the torture stories that were the hallmark of the military junta's first year still continue. True, midnight arrests and unexplained detentions are rarer now than immediately after the coup, and summary shootings have stopped, but terror has become institutionalized. It operates in the hands of DINA, which has an estimated membership of 1,000 and is responsible only to Military Strongman Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. DINA (Dirección de Informaciones Nacional) maintains centers for interrogation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Terror Under the Junta | 6/16/1975 | See Source »

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