Word: paz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bolivia. The U.S. had to make "strong representations" protesting the seizure of tin mines, partly owned in the U.S.. by the revolutionary government of President Paz Estenssoro. But, said Cabot, "we believe it is sincere in desiring social progress and in opposing Communist imperialism." Bolivia passes, and will soon get $5,.000,000 in Foreign Operations Administration "famine relief" food and $4,000,000 from other FOA funds...
...Paz was quick to speak of political matters. Commenting on the basis of freedom, he said, "A free press is the backbone of any democracy, because if a man is deprived of his constitutional rights in any way, his ultimate appeal is to the newspaper." As an example, he gave the case of several Prensa editors who had refused to work for the paper after its seizure. Some, Paz said, had been taken from their homes without explanation, left in prison, and then released without having charges preferred. "With a free press to publicize such incidents, Peron could never...
...years ago, when the government seized his newspaper, and with it, Argentina's last token of democracy, Paz fled just ahead of a warrent for his arrest. This ended an eighty-one year crusade in which the Paz family had dedicated La Prensa to fighting the totalitarianism that finally killed...
...Paz aired some gloomy opinions on conditions in Argentina. Comparing them with those of Orwell's 1984, he commented, "Argentina lacks the television mechanism, but waiters in the restaurants and even servants in the home are spying constantly. In place of "Big Brother", posters reading 'Peron Comple' (Peron accomplishes) line the streets. Opposition parties cannot meet, and all newspapers are controlled by the government." As for Peron's sudden wooing of the US, Paz warned that it was merely a corallary to economic need. He felt that the only way that America could help restore freedom to Argentina would...
...dock, a police told him that he could not leave the country, and pulled him off the pier. "He said that he was sorry, but that those were his orders, and then whispered, 'There are a thousand ways to get across the border. Try somewhere else.'" Minutes later, Paz got away from his police escort and two men he had never seen before helped him into a sailboat bound for Uruguay and freedom...