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The forced fusion of cultures can sometimes produce brilliant offspring. A case in point is colonial Peru. After King Atahualpa was garroted by Francisco Pizarro in 1533, the Spanish conquistadors turned the Inca kingdom into a viceroyalty; some 16 million Indians were enslaved and converted at gunpoint. Indian artisans were...
Now that it is all over, Bolivian President René Barrientos finds himself in the unusual position of being somewhat thankful for the guerrilla uprising led by Che Guevara and his Cubans. The guerrillas gave Barrientos and his government a bad time for several months, but since Che's...
Sir: In your article "How Secret the Confessional?" [Dec. 22], you seem to sidestep the problem of individual responsibility, which is the true issue. You say that clerics defend the inviolability of confession because it provides "an emotional outlet for disturbed persons." Murder also provides such an outlet. Do the...
The circus also made a mark at Hofheinz's Astrodome two years ago, when it drew a record crowd of 41,000 for a single performance. Hofheinz, 55, wants to cover "the gamut of family entertainment." Along with a convention-minded Astrohall and four Astromotels in the works, he...
Sir: Congratulations on a long-overdue, well-done job of reporting. Whitney Young [Aug. 11] has much too long been in the background, and it's time he is given the recognition he so richly deserves. He is doing a tremendous job, not only for his own people but...