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...still withholding about $22 million in arms assistance scheduled for Peru. Also withheld: the presence of U.S. Ambassador James Loeb, who counseled the previous hard line on Peru, and would now be staying in Washington for what is called "extended consultation." Meaning that he is not going back to Lima...
Dressed in black, 300 women filed silently into a Lima plaza and laid wreaths before the statue of one of Peru's liberators. Jose dé San Martin. "We are mourning the death of democracy," said one woman. A crowd of male spectators commenced chanting: "Liberty!"' "Down with militarism!" And then the riot police moved in with tear gas and truncheons. Ignoring the gas, the men fought back with fists, the women wielded handbags. A police water truck roared up to douse the demonstrators. "Cowards!" shrieked the enraged women. "Pigs!" Cried one defiantly: "Either we are true citizens...
Strike That Failed. Lima's spunky señoras were lonely voices in Peru last week. Bitter anger may boil beneath the surface, but most Peruvians were taking care not to step on the boots of their country's new rulers. In its first days, the gold-braided military junta that overthrew President Manuel Prado two weeks ago firmly consolidated itself in power, and did it with comparative ease. However much Peruvians might resent the suspension of their constitutional processes, they seemed unwilling to risk bloodshed or civil war over...
...first attempt to stir up resistance ended feebly. APRA, the leftist-turned-moderate party denied power in the June presidential elections, issued a call for a nationwide general strike that was to last until the presidency was restored. But Lima's electric lights continued to burn brightly, the buses rolled, most business went on as usual. Anti-APRA unions refused to honor the strike. More important, the generals in the palace were waging a shrewd, conciliatory campaign to win public acceptance...
...army did not rally to his side. Outgoing President Manuel Prado had taken precautions against a coup, spending most of one night at the palace gathering assurances of loyalty from army officers. Lima's Juan Cardinal Landazuri Ricketts also issued an appeal to all leaders to respect "justice, truth and the legal order of the nation." The anti-Haya army generals still blustered, but when the respected National Elections Court rejected the charges of fraud against Hava's supporters, the generals assured the Elections Court: "We acknowledge the power that the constitution and the elections statute confer upon...