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Maria Eugenia is the daughter of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 71, the controversial dictator who took office in 1953. He is credited with helping to end the fighting between Liberal and Conservative factions that had claimed 200,000 lives in the bloody violencia, and curbing the power of the elite. His regime, however, is also remembered for unbridled corruption and outrageous strong-arm tactics. Finally, the military sent him scampering into Spanish exile in 1957. Maria Eugenia went into self-exile in the U.S. and gave birth to two sons while living in Miami with her husband, Senator Samuel Moreno Diaz...
...time Rojas Pinilla returned to Colombia in 1958, the politicos had stitched together the cozy National Front coalition through which the Conservatives and the Liberals alternate the presidency every four years. Last year, however, the former dictator-contrary to the gentleman's agreement of the National Front-entered the race as a Conservative-and lost to the official candidate, Misael Pastrana Barrero, by only 1.5% of the total vote...
...large degree against foreign investment. ANAPO, using the same technique, calls for a state takeover of all mineral wealth, the import-export trade and the banking system. A probable target might be some of the $700 million private U.S. stake in Colombia, half of it in oil. But Rojas Pinilla himself does not openly oppose foreign investment...
Finally, Huntington lists additional means whereby the U. S. can ensure the outcome it desires. Among these are support of populist non-communist leaders that undercut NLF support (Peron and Rojas Pinilla are cited as examples), U. S. control over national media, and the use of bribes and "perk-barrel" projects...
Memories evidently are short in Colombia, the largest of the working democracies remaining in South America. Little more than a decade ago, the country writhed under the dictatorship of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, who was installed by the country's civilian and military leadership in 1953 to help bring an end to la violencia that eventually claimed 200,000 lives. Graft and jack-booted brutality characterized his regime. One memorable day in 1956, when Rojas' banner was raised in the Bogota bullring, squads of plainclothes police with knives and billy clubs closed in on spectators who failed...