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...Where tiempo flowed slowly y placidamente...
Architect of Union. Lleras started out as a reporter for Bogota's prestigious El Tiempo, but soon gravitated to politics. At the age of 24, he was El Tiempo's editor in chief; two years later, at 26, he had become speaker of the Chamber of Deputies; by age 30, he was Minister of the Interior. In 1945, when President Alfonso Lopez resigned in a dispute with Congress, Lleras. by then Foreign Minister, was tapped to serve out the term.His next job was in Washington, as head of the ineffectual Pan American Union. During seven years, Lleras, almost...
...Live by Law. Alberto Lleras more than any other man is keeping Colombia out of the dark. Lleras began his career as a hustling journalist and at 24 was running Colombia's top newspaper, El Tiempo. Jumping into Liberal politics, he held a flurry of boy wonder Cabinet posts, came to the U.S. as ambassador in 1943, became Colombia's interim President for a year at 39. In 1947, he went to Washington to play the leading role in creating the OAS, became its first secretary-general. He wrote most of the 1947 Rio mutual defense treaty that...
...haste, the catering to the mob's thirst for blood. Cracked one reporter: "Where do the lions come in?" Castro's bad press notices mounted, from Buenos Aires, Rio, Lima, Bogota, Mexico City. "The laurels have been soiled by blood," said Bogota's respected El Tiempo. U.S. opinion was sharply critical, with the notable exceptions of Democratic Congressmen Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (N.Y.) and Charles Porter (Ore.) who journeyed to Cuba at Castro's urging and proclaimed that they "saw no evidence of injustice...
...hailed as the savior of Colombia. But one year later Rojas' tragic flaw-the strongman's inability to accept criticism-began to show through. With a heavy hand he began censoring newspapers, finally suppressed Bogotá's two leading dailies, El Tiempo and El Espectador. From there his path led only downward. His soldiers and cops shot down political opponents and students. By spending uncounted millions on arms and post-exchange luxuries aimed at keeping his military supporters loyal, he used up most of the coffee-prosperous country's-gold reserves and ran up an exorbitant...