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...Conservatives-clearly showed Lleras' party to be Colombia's biggest. In the intra-Conservative election, Laureano Gómez' chief opponent was moderate-minded Guillermo Len Valencia, who played a bold role last May in dethroning Military Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (the man who toppled Gómez in 1953). Of the Conservatives' 40 Senate seats, the Gómez group won (depending on the final count) between 26 and 29, the Valencia group 7 to 10. Of the Conservatives' 74 Chamber seats, Gómez won 45 to 50, Valencia...
...unhappy knack of appearing to back the dictators. Former Inter-American Affairs Chief Henry Holland publicly hailed Peron as a "great Argentine." Secretary of State Dulles took time during one of his two visits to Latin America to pay a courtesy call on Colombia's Strongman Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. since kicked out. The recent U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela. beaming Dempster Mclntosh. was photographed in the foolish act of making Venezuela's Dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez an "honorary member of the U.S. submarine fleet...
...mess left by Juan PerÓn, could face its first free post-PerÓn general elections this month without the nagging threat of interference from the ousted dictator operating in plush exile in Perez Jiménez' Caracas. Colombia, lately rid of Dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, could get on with its rebuilding, proud of having set a good example and with fresh assurance that democracy holds the brightest promise. And the U.S., deeply involved in developing Venezuela's fabulous oil reserves, would be free of the necessity of doing business with one of the hemisphere...
...Colombia's Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, when he grabbed power four years ago at 53, was touted as the man who could end his country's bloody backland guerrilla war; instead he cracked down on newspapers and political opponents, grabbed huge ranches at his own bargain prices. In May last year the military, clergy and businessmen turned on him, sent him on his way to exile in the Canary Islands...
...once furiously hated by all Liberals, and persuaded him to agree to the essentials of a plan for sharing power between the parties. The truce, giving promise of responsible civilian government in the future, played an important role when the present caretaker military junta took over from Rojas Pinilla last May. Last week's plebiscite certified the success of Lleras' long effort...