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EDITORIAL
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR
LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIhS VISITS
DIARIO LAS AMERICAS
The Honorable Roy R. Rubottom, Assistant Secretary
of State for Latin American Affairs, in his usual display of
human cordiality, of Pan Americanist feelings, and of de
mocratic friendship towards the press, visited the offices of
DIARIO LAS AMERICAS, where this high official of the
Government of the United States is highly respected and
admired.
During his friendly and interesting conversation, Mr.
Rubottom confirmed to us his faith and his enthusiasm
regarding the present and the future of the Inter-American
System, and in the relations between the United States and
each and all the Republics that form that System.
Fully aware of the realities of our Continent, inspired
by his friendship towards Latin America, which is easily
adverted in him even to the detail of the correctness with
which he speaks the Spanish language, the Assistant Secre
tary of State wins confidence with his friendliness and his
ideological sincerity.
In his statements made on the occasion of his visit to
DIARIO LAS AMERICAS, Mr. Rubottom expressed ge
nerous concepts with respect to the job being done by this
newspaper in the field of Inter-American relations, which
we greatly appreciate in all their meaning.
Undoubtedly, the Latin American countries have in
Mr. Rubottom an excellent friend, a U.S. Government
official who from his high office does everything within his
power to strengthen the ties of Inter-American solidarity
and to orient the relations among the twenty-one Republics
through a course of cordiality and international coordi
nation.
We have been greatly honored by this visit of the
Assistant Secretary of State as well as by his generous
concepts regarding our Editors and the job being done by
our paper, and take this opportunity to express our wishes
that Mr. Rubottom may keep on being, within the State
Department in Washington, a factor of Inter-American
cooperation and friendship.
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports
VENEZUELA BUILDING GREAT
HARBOR AT PUERTO CABELLO
WASHINGTON, D. C. (PAU)
Venezuela will have one of the
most complete maritime installa
tions in the entire Caribbean area
when construction now underway
at Puerto Cabeilo, the country’s
second largest port, is completed.
A huge concrete dry dock, cap
able ot handling ships up to 30,000
tons, is being rushed to comple
tion in a valley two miles east of
Puerto Cabeilo. The dry dock is
the first step of a project that
includes two shipyards, 15 wharves
numerous workshops and an access
canal to an artificial bay. The Min
istry of Public Works of Venezue
la is investing $12,000,000 in the
project.
The access canal, 2,300 yards
long will permit vessels to navi
gate from (he sea through a valley
to the drydock which has been
sunk into the ground, its top level
with the earth’s surface. Operating
on the same principle as a ship
lock, the dry deck will receive a
vessel as it floats in. When gates
are closed, water is pumped out at
the rate of 186,000 gallons per
minute.
The dry dock will accomoodate
tankers with a length up to 759
feet, a beam ol 111 feet and a
depth of 40 feet.
It will be of major importance
both to Venezuela’s Navy and Mer
chant Marine. Nine new destroy
ers nave recently been added to
the nation’s fleet, and the Gov
ernment-owned Venezuelan Navi
gation Company has acquired ten
new cargo ships for its United
States and European runs. At pre
sent all such vessels must seek
dry dock service in U.S. ports or
at nearby Dutch-owned Curacao.
Venezuelan heavy industry also
plan* to take advantage of the new
Puerto Cabeilo installations. A
$300,000,000 petrochemical plant
t> produce fertilizers, explosives,
plastics, syntheti rubber and gaso
lene I' now undei construction ten
miles from the port.
A new 20-inch oil pipeline,
stretching 210 miles from Bari
nas. has its terminal near the port.
The first section of the country's
national railroad building program
a 110-mile line from Puerto Cabe
ilo to the important agricultural
center of Barquisimeto is nearing
completion, as is a superhighway
from the port to Valencia, 34
miles away
MEXICAN LIGHT CO.
GETS EXIWBANK LOAN
TORONTO (UP)- The Mexican
Light and Powei Company, which
has its headquarters ip Toronto
and operates in Mexico, received
an 11 million dollar loan from the
The Americas daily
For a better understanding between the Amenta i
World Bank to increase their elec
tric power in Mexico.
An official of the company re
vealed that the total cost of the
expansion program which the com
pany is now carrying out, will
reach 28 million dollars. The World
Bank's loan will cover the cost of
equipment which the company will
import.
This loan, a 20 year loan, will
pay -i and 5-8 per cent interest.
The payments will start on the
15th of September, next year. The
Mexican government guarantees
the loan.
Thp company says that it will en
large transmission systems and
powei outpu and increase power
capacity by more or less 95,000
kilowatts which is about 20 per
cent
VENEZUELAN FIRM TO
GET U. S. CONTRACT
PORT-AU-PRINCE (UP)— A
Venezuelan company, it was learn
ed jy the U P., presented a lower
I bid tnan its compeditor a U. S.
| Company, foi the contract of con
j structing the new U.S. Foreign and
Diplomatic Office building in this
Capitai.
The project W'U make it possible
for the U. S. diplomatic mission to
vaca'f the antiquated building in
which it is now located. Travelers
consider it the worst U.S. office
in the Western Hemisphere.
The Anderson Constructing
Company of Caracas, offered to
finish the new Foreign Office in
300 days for $531,000 which was
$168,000 less than the bid made
by Lessen Lankton, Ziegle and
Marhnffer, of Oak Park, Illinois,
which was the other compeditor.
CHILEAN AIRLINES
TO GET HEARING
WASHINGTON (UP)—The 13th
of February has been set as the
date (or a hearing regarding the
Chilean National Airline’s request
for authorization to operate in the
U. S.
( The date was set in a conference
neld by representatives of the
South American company with
Herbert K. Bryan, Examinor of the
Civil Aeronautics Board, who will
conduct the aonference and later
give his recommendations to the
full Board.
The Chilean line has requested
the Board’s permission to work the
Santiago de Chile-Miami route,
with stop overs in Lima, Guaya
quil and Panama.
The only other line which, up.to
now has intervened in the proce
dure if the Compania Nacional de
Turismo A6reo which, for more
than two years, has had authoriza
tion for the Santiago de Chile-Mia
mi-New York route, with stop overs
I in Lima, Panama and Havana.
Know thy
Neighbor
By ANTONIO RUIZ
BRAZIL The raising of live
stock is a basic factor of the Bra
zilian economy and represents the
mair source of wealth in certain
regions. Extensive areas of grass
land piovide good natural pasture,
in particular the rolling prairies of
Rio Grande do Sul, with their fine
herds of Hereford and Polled An
gus In the uplands of the states
of Minas Gerais Rio de Janeiro,
Sao Paulo and Parana Dutch and
Jersey cattle supply the cities with
dairy produce. The humped Bra
hama or Zebu is widely bred and
crossbred all over the country.
The Ministry of Agriculture im
ports animals of pure breeds
which are sold to cattlemen for
crossing with native stock. Gov
ernment assistance is provided by
the National Department of Ani
mal Production, which employs a
large staff of skilled veterinarians
with well equipped laboratories
for research in the fields of
munology. pathology, and pest
control, as well as the practical ap
plication and dissemination of new
and more efficient techniques. Re
cent statistics enumerated the
head of livestock as follows: cat
tle, 55 million; swine, 26 million;
sheep, 16 milPon; goats, 10 mil
lion, horses, 9 million; asses and
mules, 8 million
The forests o f Brazil are among
the richest in the world in oil
bearing fruits, gums, resins, essen
tial oils, waxes, timber, cellulose,
fibers and other products. It is re
ported than mo-e than 50.000, or
about one fourth of the known
species of plants, can be found in
Brazil. This prodigious variety of
plants, together with resources of
the vast area under forest (about
865 million acres or 1,350,000
square miles), gives some idea of
the extent of the country’s natural
resources, and the role Brazil plays
as one of the world's great sup
pliers of vegetable raw materials.
The babasii palm alone, it is be
lieved, could meet the require
ments of the world as regards laur
ic acid.
The Brazil nut tree, whose fruit
is so popular in the United States,
Canada and England, is a native of
the Amazon Basin. Throughout
the country, oil-bearing plants are
cultivated, yielding peanut, castor,
cottonseed, linseed, tung (china
wood 1 and thei oils. The car
nauba palm yields carnauba wax,
the uses of which range from pho
nograph records to explosives. Co
paiba oil is widely used in me
dicine.
The demand and production of
rubbei is having considerable in
crease, to the point where produc
ers cannot keep up with the de
mand of the manufacturers.
Brazilian timber is of fine quali
ty and ranges from wood so light
that it can replace cork, to the
Brazilian pepper-tree with a den
sity one and a half times that of
water. The greatest demand, how
evei is for Parana pine, which
grows in the southeastern states
in stands that comprise about two
hundred million trees.
To provide sacking for farm pro
ducts, Brazil used to import 25,-
000 tons of Indian jute every year,
until a careful study of the pro
perties of native fiber plants led to
their intensive exploitation. As a
result, Brazil has been producing
enough fiber for more than 15
years to supply its rope and bur
lap factories, and has a surplus for
export.
Spanish Version Page 3
Red Infiltration
Plans Revealed
RIO DE JANEIRO (UP) —The
head of the Federal Police, Amau
ry Kruel, presented a final and
secret report to the Government
and Justice Minister, Enrico Sa
lles, in which he points out that
during the conference held in Mos
cow the Communist Party prepar
ed plans for communist infiltra
tion in Brazil.
The announcement is made by
“Diario O Jornal,” which says that
the report was prepared by the
chief of the Political Police, Co
lonel Danilo Nunez.
According to this document, com
munist leader Luis Carlos Prestes
attended the Moscow meeting aft
er escaping from Brazil with a So
viet visa which he obtained in Mon
tevideo.
The newspaper says that Brazil
ian authorities were informed of
the meet'ng and plans by the U.
S. Secret Service and that the do
cument says that the Secret Po
lice has irrefutaole proofs that the
Czechoslovakian, Polish, and Hun
garian Legations are the center of
communist espionage here
This is the last report which the
Minister will study before con
voking a Security Council Assem
bly to make a decision about re
newing relatione with the Soviet
Union.
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DISTINGUISHED VISITOR—Mr. Roy R. Rubottom, U. S. Assistant Secretary of State for Latin Ame
rican Affairs (left) appears in this photo with our Editor, Dr. Horacio Aguirre, at the entrance to our
building, during a courtesy visit the distinguished friend of Latin America paid us. “We have a
common objective; To strengthen the Inter American System,” he declared. (Photo Americas
Daily by Gort).
Strengthening Inter American System
Important Objective of U. S. Policy
Declares Assistant Secretary of State Rubottom
• During a Visit to THE AMERICAS DAILY
“It is for me a great pleasure to
be here at DIARIO LAS AMERI
CAS. in the first place to get ac
quainted with the staff of this
great newspaper as I already knew
its Publisher, Dr Francisco Agui
rre, and its Editor, Dr. Horacio
Aguirre, for whom I have great
admiration and friendship; and in
the second place because DIARIO
LAS AMERICAS has at its princi
pal goal a better understanding be
tween the United States and the
Latin American countries, which
coincides, precisely, with one of
the most important objectives of
the foreign policy of the United
States,” said the Hon. Roy R. Ru
bottom, Assistant Secretary of
State for Latin American Af
fairs, during a friendly visit to our
offices last Tuesday, when he
came to Miami to deliver a most
interesting speech at the monthly
meeting of the Miami Chamber of
Commerce and the United Nations
Association of Greater Miami.
“We have as a main objective
the strengthening of the Inter-
American System, which is the
most advanced and the oldest as
sociation of nations among the re
gional international organizations
of the world stated our illustri
ous visitor and the better the
understanding is among the na
tions forming the Inter American
System, that is the OAS the bet
ter it will function.”
When Mr Rubottom speaks on
the subject of Inter American rela
tions, his sincere enthusiasm and
his ideological convictions of the
importance of these relations are
quite evident. With his diplomatic
background in the fidld of Inter
American affairs he can talk with
assurance on these matters, which
due also to his h’gh position in the
U. S. Federal Government, con
cern him most.
What is the scope of Secretary
; of State Dulles’ suggestion re-
I garding the liaison between OAS
and NATO and other regional
organizations? we asked Mr.
Rubottom.
“I believe that when he made
that suggestion, the Secretary of
State was thinking of two condi
tions now prevailing in the
world,” said Mi. Rubottom. “In
the first place, fne one determined
by this reality: The UN, despite
its great moral strength and its
well earned importance, has not
HEMISPHERIC EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief
MIAMI PAPERS ARE
THANKED BY CUBAN
•
HAVANA (UP)— The English
language newspaper “Times of Ha
vana” thanked Miami, Fla., news
papers and New York District At
torney Frank Hogan “for all you
have done” to attract tourists to
Cuba.
“Labelling our fair city as ‘notor
ious’ has done more for the tour
ist business than anything since
Esquire’s (magazine) on the
‘Sexiest City in the World,” the
newspaper said in an editorial.
“Let’s face it very few peo
ple come down here to see Morro
Castle and the Capitol building. . .
glamorizing Havana as another
Tangiers makes people flock down
here. . .keep up the good work,”
Times of Havana said.
At the same time, it reported
yet achieved its mission complete
ly due to the abuse of the veto
power by the Soviet Union. In the
second place, the condition deter
mined by this other reality. The
present day situation is such that
any disturbance in the world, es
pecially of a small or large scale
war more than ever constitutes a
threat to world peace and no coun
try would remain outside the rea
ches of a war.”
“In view of these two conditions
The Assistant Secretary of State
for Latin American Affairs added
the strengthening of the re
giona associations of countries of
the free world have great priority
and importance. Secretary of
State Dulles advanced this idea
and now it is up to the American
States to decide if it is or not
to their advantage to implement
nis proposition.”
“What Secretary of State Dulles
had in mind was the exchange of
information, of know how, of the
kind of experience in which the
OAS occupies the first place among
the regional groups of the world,
and the Secretary made it clear
that he was thinking of one re
gional group meddling in the af
fairs of the others.”
Did you read, Mr. Rubottom, the
statements made in Tegucigalpa
to the Publisher of DIARIO LAS
AMERICAS by the President of
the Honduras, Doctor Ramon Vi
lleda Morales, regarding the sub
ject of the liaison between the
OAS and NATO?
“Yes, I read with great interest
the statements given to the Pub
lisher of DIARIO LAS AMERICAS,
Dr. Francisco Aguirre, by the Pre
sident of Honduras, Doctor Raman
Villeda Morales, who, like some of
his other colleagues Chiefs of State
accepted in principle Secretary Du
lles’ idea.
After a brief tour of our dif
ferent departments and through
the composing and press rooms of
this newspaper which, according
to Mr. Rubottom’s own words, he
reads daily in Washington with
utmost interest, the high U. S. Gov
ernment official left with our Edit
or for the Miami International Air
port, where he took a plane back
to Washington. He had won, a few
hours before, the applause of all
those who heard him deliver his
magnificent speech on the subject
of communism in the Americas.
editorially that It bad sent Hogan
as a belated Christmas present a
“compass and map. . .as we un
derstand you have been having a
little trouble locating people.”
Hogan announced last week he
had sent out a 48-state alarm for
big-time gamblers Joseph Silesi
and Santo Trafficante for question
ing about the murder of Alberto
Anastasia. Both are Havana resi
dents and can be seen nightly at
the local plush casinos.
TRAILER CARAVAN
GOING TO MEXICO
MEXICO CITY (UP)— The
Tourist Bureau said it had been
advised that the annual “Wally
Byam Trailer Tour” from Califor
nia would enter the Republic
through Nogales, (Sonora) the first
week in February.
The three-year-old annual house-
Chiriboga to Receive
From Truman a Plane,
Gift of Kansas City
WASHINGTON Jan. 17 (UP)—
Ex President Harry S. Truman
will present the Ecuadorean Gov
ernment with a plane bought with
contributions from the people of
Kansas City.
The announcement, says that
Ecuadorean Ambassador Jose R.
Chiriboga will go to Kansas City,
Mo., to receive the plane, which is
a combination of propeller plane
and helicopter, during a ceremony
next Sunday.
The idea of the gift was of Kan
sas City mayor Roe Bartle, who
works with commendable enthu
siasm for the strengthening of re
lations between the U.S. Middle
West and Latin America.
Chiriboga said that after his
trip to Kansas City he will go to
Milwaukee, where he has been in
vited to lecture at Marquette Uni
versity. His visit will coincide
with the opening at the University
of an exhibition of Ecuadorean co
lonial art.
Foreign Experts
to Watch Voting
in Costa Rica
UNITED NATIONS (UP)
Three foreign electoral experts will
go to Costa Rica, at the request
of (he ‘ San Jose government to
observe the Presidential elections
the 2nd of February.
The Costa Rican Ambassador to
the United Nations, Dr. Alberto
Canas, announced that his govern
ment, some time ago, asked the
Secretary General, Dag Hammar
skjold, to suggest names of possi
ble observers.
“Hammarskjold said Carias
gave us a list of some 30 or 35
experts on electoral questions in
all parts of the world.”
“Recently, the Foreign Minister
of my country met with the dif
ferent Presidential candidates and
with them made the selection of
three possible observers: A'Chil
ean, a Canadian and a Swiss.
trailer caravan carries around 300
peoole from various California cit
ies, the Bureau said. The convoy
makes a yearly trek down Mexico’s
westeoast to MazatlSn, but plans to
extend to Acapulco this year if
time permits, the Bureau said.
AMBASSADOR hill on
INSPECTION TOUR
MEXICO CITY (UP)— U. S.
Ambassador Robert C. Hill is on
an inspection tour of American
consulates in Northern Mexico.
The Ambassador, accompanied
by his wife and eight Embassy of
ficials, left yesterday for his six
day tour.
His tour will include the con
sulates in Ciudad JuSrez, Piedras
Negras, Nuevo Laredo and Mon
terrey.
While in Monterrey, the Ambas
sador and his group will attend
Ambassador Smith Hopes
Cuban Govt. Will Restore
Guarantees Before June
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UP)—
Earl E. T. Smith U. S. Ambassador
to Cuba, said that “we hope the
Cuban government will re-estab
lish constitutions, guarantees” be
fore the elections convoked for
June.
The diplomat stated, in a press
conference that the U. S. hopes
that the Cuban government car
ries out its December 14th an
nouncement which promises to re
store constitutional guarantees
before the 27th of January’.
“Afterwards he added we
hope that the elections which will
be held will be acceptable to the
Cuban people.”
Smith explained that be was in
Batista to Blame
for Cuban Tragedy
Dr. Hevia Declares
“The blame of what is happening
in Cuba; corruption, destruction of
human rights, tortures, and mys
terious deaths, should be placed
on the dictatorship of Batista”,
said Engineer Carlos Hevia. ex-
President of Cuba, and ex-Foreign
minister of his country, in a short
interview with THE AMERICAS
DAILY.
“For this reason—added Hevia
—the persons which make up the
parties and organizations of the
revolutionists do not want to waste
their efforts, unless all Cuba fights
against the dictatorship. All of
these persons have suffered and
are now suffering, the Cuban
tragedy and most of those who
have fallen have families, friends,
and companions in more than one
group, since this is the bond of
the Cuban family.”
“Recently we have read —said
in conclusion our distinguished
guest—about the feats of the
courageous forces headed by Fidel
Castro, and I am sure that all the
organizations yearning for freedom
in Cuba, each one of them within
its own possibilities, will make
efforts of joint action, to bring
back to Cuba, in one way or
another, respect for human life,
freedom and peace.”
Thousands Left Homeless in Panamti
by Devastating Fire Get U. S. Help
PANAMA, Jan. 17 (UP)— The
U. S. Army established several
emergency kitchens in the Pan
amanian Olympic Stadium to
feed some 2.000 persons who were
left homeless yesterday as the re
sult of a fire which razed three
blocks of wcodpn homes.
It is estimated that some 800
persons slept on the Stadium ben
ches and in tents which were ra
pidly installed by the Army. It is
believed that today some 1,000 per
sons will take advantage of these
places, with the arrival of the
homeless which spent last night in
parks and other public places.
The U. S. Army Engineer Corps
of the Panama Canal tore down the
buildings which were serously af
fected by the fire in order to pre
vent new cave-ins and possible
victims, as there has been none up
to now.
It was announced that the de
fense system of the Panama Ca
nal would be able to supply the
needs of the victims using its own
food and cooks.
The fire caused damages estimat
ed at $350,000 and some 20 per
sons were hospitalized.
a concert by the San Antonio (Te
xas) Symphony Orchestra, current
ly visiting the Nuevo Le&n Capital.
MEXICO TO DEPORT SEVEN
HEMISPHERE NATIONALS
MEXICO CITY (UP)— Seven
nationals of six American Coun
tries will be deported within the
next few days, Immigration Offi
cials announced.
They were arrested for illegal
entry or for not having their doc
uments in order, officials said.
They refused to give the names
of the foreigners “to keep friends
or relatives from interposing court
injunctions to prevent their de
portation.”
The arrested are from Colom
bia, Cuba, Venezuela, Guatemala,
Chile and Canada, officials said.
Member Inter American
Prom Association
•
For Liberty, Culture and
Hemispheric Solidarity
NUMBER 165
Washington to inform the State
Department about the political and
economic situation- in the neigh
boring Island.
He said that four Cuban opposi
tion parties have made steps to
wards participating in the electoral
campaign with their sights pointed
at the elections of June Ist.
“The U.S. recognizes the present
government of Cuba and her rela
tions with it are those which are
maintained towards a sister Ame
rican republic, said the diplomat.”
“We maintain a policy of non-par
cialit.y and non-intervention in the
internal affairs of Cuba. The U.S.
Embassy closely adheres to this
policy.”
“T am convinced that the Cuban
government, as well as the opposi
tion fully understand that this is
our policy and that they respect
it.”
“Our ather hope it that the Cu
ban government will fully re-estab
lish constitutional guarantees,”
said smith ‘On the 14th of Dec
ember the Cuban government pub
licly announced that it had the in
tention of lifting the suspension of
constitutional guarantees at the
end of the new 45 day period. This
period will end on the 27th of
January. After this, we hope that
the elections will be acceptable to
the Cuban people.”
Rebels Killed by
Cuban Army Force
, HAVANA. Jan 17 (UP)— Gov
ernment forces battled about 200
insurgents in rebel-infested East
ern Cuba yesterday in a clash that
left at least four anti-government
gunmen dead, it was reported to
day
Semi-official sources said the re
bels were on the way back to
hideouts in the Sierra Maestra
mountains after attacking a 12-
man army autpost at Veguitas
when they were intercepted by
troops from Yara.
Four rebels were killed in the
clash, which occurred in Estrada
Palma. Unconfirmed reports said
“several” others were killed at Ve
guitas.
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Chamorro's Book
Accuses Somozas
of Cruelty Acts
MEXICO, F. D. Now circulat
ing under the title of “Bloody
Stock” is a book of a political
category authored by Pedro Joa
quin Chamorro, in which he tells
of the torture suffered by him and
his jailmates at the Palace oceup
ed in Managua by the Somoza
brothers, Luis and Anastasio, im
mediately after the death of the
President of Nicaragua, General
Anastasio Somoza.
The front cover of the book has
a photograph showing one of the
torture victims at the moment he
was going down into a pit, and the
back cover shows Mr. Chamorro
and his wife Violeta Barrios de
Chamorro in a picture taken some
where across the Nicaraguan
border in April 1957, right after
the spectacular escapade of the
author from the prison where he
had been sent by a Military Tri
bunal. Mrs. Chamorro shared with
her husband the risks of that
adventure.
The book has been described as
of great human interest by all
those who have read it, and
contains accounts and details, in
cluding names of people and places
as well as dates, which give the
book, in the middle of the demo
cratic tragedy it describes, extra
ordinary importance not only for
Nicaraguans, but for the people
of other countries of America as
well.
Chamorro basically accuses the
Chief of the Armed Forces, General
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, of the
tortures described in his book.
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro now
lives in Costa Rica, is the Editor
in exile of La Prensa, and is also
a member of the Board of Direc
tors of the Inter-American Press
Association.
During the annual meeting of
the Association, held last October
in Washington, D. C., when the case
of the Government of Nicaragua
came to the consideration of the
conference, Doctor Chamorro
denounced many of the tortures
mentioned in his book.
This book was printed recently
by “Impresora Juan Pablos”, under
supervision of Hernan Robleto and
Jos* Maria Lugo.