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...official weekly organ of the Spanish Catholic Action group. Ecclesia owes its freedom to its powerful chairman, Enrico Cardinal Pla y Deniel, Archbishop of Toledo and Cardinal Primate of Spain, who is able to stand up for his rights as no Spanish journalist can. Last week Ecclesia Editor Jesus Iribarren, 42, a Basque priest who is the cardinal's journalistic right hand, used the weekly's unique freedom to denounce Franco's censorship, on behalf of the silenced Spanish press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Lone Voice | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

Pushing through the steaming jungle, a Venezuelan army major named Franz Antonio Rísquez Iribarren scrambled to the top of a high cliff in the Parima Mountains and proudly planted his flag at the summit. He measured the cliff's map coordinates and radioed to his superiors: "In the name of Almighty God, glory to the brave people, we have accomplished our mission. An embrace of admiration and gratitude to all . . ." From the same spot, last week the American Geographical Society in New York got word from Dr. José Cruxent, archaeologist for the expedition: "Greetings from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: River of Discoveries | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

...that dank forest where the Orinoco is a turbulent but puny brook, numerous tributaries tumble through the Parima Mountains. By measuring the varying rates of flow of these mountain streams, Major Rísquez Iribarren's men determined what they are sure is the true path of the river. Their observations also located the source of the Orinoco at Lat. 2° 18 min. North, Long. 63° 15 min. West, a few miles to the west of where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: River of Discoveries | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

Last summer Major Rísquez Iribarren's men set out to settle the matter once & for all. They beat their way to Esmeralda before they were stopped by sickness and lack of food. Last month, 22 camps and a few parachute supply drops later, they reached their goal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: River of Discoveries | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

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