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...chance of regaining power since they lost it in 1930 by just such a division. Their nominee: coffee-rich Mariano Ospina Pérez, whose uncle and grandfather had been Colombian Presidents. Put up at the last minute by wily old Conservative Leader Laureano Gomez, ultra-respectable Candidate Ospina Perez had shrewdly sat tight in Bogota, made a few well-bred radio speeches, and waited for the divided Liberals to knock themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Three in a Match | 5/6/1946 | See Source »

...Affair of Father Perez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1946 | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

...Army lieutenant stationed at Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, has written a friend of mine here a story which goes as follows: "When fire bombs destroyed his church, school and convent at Matsuyama last July, Father Perez watched 27 years of labor in Japan go up in smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1946 | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

...Spanish missionary food and clothing. One lieutenant from the Engineers rounded up a few volunteers, built a hut from scrap lumber and installed a makeshift stove. From somewhere an Army cot and blankets for the nuns appeared. Best of all, a few bags of Australian flour were produced. . . . Father Perez faced the winter with confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1946 | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, Father Perez went back to sleeping on the boards. Disgusted G.I.s are wondering why Jap prostitutes can get U.S. penicillin but a missionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1946 | 1/28/1946 | See Source »

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