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...disillusioned by U.S. hard-money policies), persuaded other Latin American countries to sever diplomatic relations with the Axis, brought Brazil into the war on the side of the U.S. over the reluctance of his chief and even gave the U.S. submarine bases in Brazil; of a heart attack; in Rio de Janeiro...
...Captain Manuel Rojo del Rio, an old fighting comrade of Castro who lately has borne the title of Cuba's paratroop commander, defected while on a visit to Costa Rica. Of Castro he said: "There is something in his eyes that frightens even the bravest man. They reflect madness." Rojo called Fidel's brother. Armed Forces Chief Raúl Castro, a "vindictive jelly bean" with a "resentment against the masculine type of man," and said that "all .his aides are Communists...
...Hong Kong, Bureau Chief Stanley Karnow could report with authority on the attitude of Red China's bosses toward birth control, including their brief experiment with the most unconventional oral contraceptive ever advocated by a 20th century government. In Brazil, Correspondent Jayme Dantas traveled four hours out of Rio de Janeiro to confirm with its proud sire the existence of a single-family population explosion of 36 children...
...among the hungry peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America that the population explosion is most violent. In 1900 there was one European for every two Asians; by 2000 there will probably be four Asians for every European, and perhaps twice as many Americans living south of the Rio Grande as north of it. If, by then, all that faces the growing masses of what is euphemistically called "the underdeveloped nations" is endless, grinding poverty, their fury may well shake the earth...
...Accused of concealing the escapee-an anti-Castro plotter named Austin Frank Young-Buchanan for 13 days languished in a cell with up to 18 other prisoners, dirty, unshaven and scared. Last week, with scarcely any advance notice, Cuban authorities hustled Reporter Buchanan off to Pinar del Rio province for trial...