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...their ties to the U.S., those to Mexico are even stronger. State Assemblyman Art Torres' own mother could not vote for him in 1974 because she did not become naturalized until the next year. But now, says Ignacio Lozano, publisher of Los Angeles' Spanish-language daily La Opinión, there is "very clearly a political awakening." In 1976 members of Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers registered an estimated 350,000 voters in the state, bringing total registration to 52% of eligible Hispanic voters. Los Angeles' United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) is mobilizing thousands of barrio...
...forewarn of that danger, the Buenos Aires daily La Opinión last week published a front-page editorial entitled "For Whom the Bell Tolls." In an appeal for return to political decency by all groups, the paper intoned: "In the Argentina of today, the death of anyone diminishes the rest; the bells do not toll [just] for those killed [by political extremists], they toll for the rest of their compatriots...
...columnist in the Buenos Aires daily La Opinión observed: "The extreme positions and the truculent folklore of the far left serve more to attract young people who are out to frighten their aunts than to win big popular majorities." The losers saw it differently and charged the government with vote buying. José López Rega, Mrs. Perón's private secretary and Social Welfare Minister, did visit the province shortly before the election to distribute nearly $5 million worth of housing subsidies...
...comes on the heels of a general crackdown on political comment within Brazil. Two weeks ago, police stopped the presses of Opiniño, a liberal magazine that has frequently been critical of the military rulers. Censors have also been assigned to monitor the operations of newspapers that dared to defy the government's ban on speculation about the presidential succession. Considering the fact that nubile maidens on Rio's beaches regularly display almost as much epidermis as do Penthouse pets, many Brazilians thought the campaign against girlie magazines a bit quixotic. What was the purpose? an inquisitive...
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