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...sure, like the election itself, Egypt's happy state was not quite all it seemed to be. Before trusting his future to the 5,000,000 Egyptians who trooped to the polls last week, Strongman Nasser had made sure of the results by eliminating all opposition in the key districts. Even so, some 16 voters were reported killed in the fray and another 40 injured; when the final count was made, the Interior Ministry announced that new elections would have to be held in 172 out of the 269 districts reporting since no candidate had been able to muster...
Isolated Man. Still loyal to his throttled dreams of dominating the Arab world, Strongman Nasser was seeking them now in a new direction. He was trying to win himself back in the good graces of Britain, while his Voice of the Arabs radio turned on an unprecedented campaign of hatred against the U.S., which had saved his neck during the Anglo-French invasion but was now effectively curbing his ambitions under the Eisenhower Doctrine...
Getting Results. As the 27th year of the Era of Trujillo neared an end, the strongman was still working a seven-day week and still getting results. The gross national product in 1956 was well over $500 million. Exports last year (mainly sugar, coffee, cocoa) reached a record high of $126.5 million. Imports in 1956 were held to $108.3 million, leaving a trade surplus of $18.2 million. The record 1957 budget, nicely balanced at $131.5 million, will buy more schools, hospitals and roads...
Church leaders in Colombia showed striking courage during the final year of Dictator Rojas Pinilla. Pastoral letters issued by Crisanto Cardinal Luque last year, one of them condemning Rojas' "Third Force'' political movement, were the first serious whacks at the strongman's prestige. During the brief spate of violence the churches sheltered rebels, and when it was all over jubilant monks streamed out making victory signs to the cheering crowds. Luque has since warned the military junta that replaced Rojas that it must turn over power in free elections or lose church support...
...Latin America. His student-priests can use the church organization as an ear to the ground that no secret police force can match. When chances of success are reasonably safe, they speak out. In 93% Catholic Latin America, it is a plan of action that should make the sturdiest strongman shiver...