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With tears streaming down his cheeks, Juan Perón stood with Chile's President Carlos Ibañez last week on a balcony in Santiago, spread his arms wide to the crowd below and sobbed: "I offer you a loving embrace from the Argentine people -everything we have without seeking anything in return. We come only in search of the love of the marvelous people of Chile; that love will repay us." The crowd cheered...
...first presidential journey outside Argentina, Perón had crossed the Andes for a six-day state visit with his old friend and fellow general. His purpose was to discuss with Ibañez, whom he helped elect last September, plans for closer economic and political relations between the two neighboring republics. He also hoped to found a Latin-American economic bloc strong enough to bargain evenly with U.S. commercial power, and to form the basis of the Argentine-dominated South American confederation he has long dreamed...
...Santiago talks, Perón found out that stern old General Ibañez favored economic cooperation-and nothing more. Moreover, Chileans had taken offense at Perón's pronouncement just before leaving Buenos Aires that "we must have total union and immediately." Almost without exception, Chilean newspapers played down Perón's arrival, and one went so far as to report it in a single paragraph on the back page. In the end, Perón had to settle for a good deal less than he wanted. The two Presidents signed a protocol pledging negotiation...
...fight, or at least duel, for his sacred personal rights, the record shows that he also goes in heavily for hero worship. Since Bolívar's day, Latin Americans have tended to follow men rather than parties or principles. They call themselves Peronistas, Arnulfistas (in Panama), Ibañistas (in Chile). Most of their caudillos, their strong men, have come from the army. Currently, military men preside over eleven Latino governments. Instead of confining themselves to the job of defending their country, Latin American militarists are entrenched as "the only well-organized political party" in every country except...
...which fast-breaking St. Louis had no antidote. On the St. Louis bench, Coach Ed Hickey gave an imitation of a man fighting off bees as the score went against him, furiously diagrammed plays on the floor with chalk during time-outs. On the Aggie bench, Coach Hank Iba said reassuringly to his men: "Take your time. Take your time...