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President Vice President Vice President
HORACIO AGUIRRE
Vice President and Publisher vice president Editor and Manaeer
Antonio Rnlr Eiiseo Rlera-GAmez
Manadne Editor Advt A Clrc Mer
EDITORIAL
WOMEN SHOULD BE RESPECTED DURING
POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Yesterday we published a report given to us by Dr. Fe
lipe Pazos, outstanding Cuban economist and statesman,
which said that his wife had been arrested in Santiago de
Cuba, after she visited her son Javier, who was jailed by
Government forces a few days ago. Dr. Pazos, who is in
Miami as a political exile, added that some friends of his
have told him that “his wife will be sent in a military plane
to Havana, at the request of the Military Intelligence
Service”.
It is very regrettable, to say the least, that this dis
tinguished Cuban lady, wife of an outstanding figure in
national life who is by the nature of his professional and
temperamental activities opposed to all outbursts of politi
cal passion, has been the victim of an outrage that not only
hurts the person receiving the offense, but also is harmful
to Cuban womanhood in general.
It could be that the order of arrest originated with
minor officials who in that manner wanted to win the good
graces of those more powerful in Havana. If that is the
case, these powerful ones, particularly the President of the
Republic, should punish those who have committed such
an arbitrary act.
If, unfortunately, the order was given by persons of
high official position in Havana, they should have realized
the scope of their error, and should have ordered the im
mediate release of Mrs. de Pazos.
Events of this nature are not beneficial at all to the
government and, to the contrary, they discredit it in the
eyes of national and international public opinion. Politi
cal violence, which should not even exist, and should even
less have anything to do with what is essential to civilian
rights, especially regarding women, any woman who, no
matter what social and cultural plane she may belong to,
what social or economic position she may have, knows
how to dignify her race.
Our protest for the arrest which has been reported by
the eminent Cuban citizen, Dr. Felipe Pazos, which
falls on the person of his distinguished wife, interprets,
we are sure, the feelings of all Cubans and friends and
admirers of that country who, above any purely political
reason, hope to maintain womanhood away from violence
and arbitrariness.
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Prio Says, "Batista Will Yield to Popular Pressure"
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Former President of Cuba,
Carlos Prio Socarras, who
resides in Miami, gave tile follow
ing statements to the press in
connection with the overthrow of
President Perez Jimenez, of Ve
nezuela.
The heroic action of the Vene
zuelan people, backed by the Ve
nezuelan Armed Forces, has put an
end to the blood-bath in which
dictator Perez Jimenez tried to
plunge the country, in his despera
te effort to stem the tide of the
popular demand for freedom. It is
now to be expected that this jgvent
will lead to the calling of'truly
free elections, in which the Vene
zuelan people will again be able
to elect a government of their
own choosing, through a democra
tic process.
This resolute and successful po
pular uprising, occurring in a coun
try which was regarded as riding
the crest of the highest economic
Latin American Finance
and Trade News Reports
Cuban American Nickel Co.
Expands facilities in Cuba
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. (UP).
Cuban American Nickel Co. an
nounced a plan today for the cons
truction of a hydrogen sulphide
unit for its ore reduction plant
at Mao Bay, Cuba.
The new facility will be a key
unit in Cuban American’s $ll9
million nickel-cobalt project under
construction in Cuba and Loui
siana.
Cuban American, which is a sub
sidiary of Freeport Sulphur Co.,
said it has authorized the girdler
construction division of National
Cylinder Gas Co., Chicago, to en
gineer and equip an automatic
plant to produce 60 tons of liquid
hydrogen sulphide a day for its
ore-concentrating facilities at Mao
Bay.
The company said the new fa
cility will be part of an unusual
process developed by Cuban Ame
rican to produce defense-critical
nickel from limonite ore.
Cuban American’s nickel refine
ry will be at Port Nickel, La., near
New Orleans. It will have a yearly
Capacity of 50 million pounds of
nickel and 4,400,000 pounds of co
balt when production begins in
mid-1959.
Limonite ore will be mined near
the Cuban plant at Moa Bay,
where the ore will be concentrat
ed by chemical means to produce
a nickel-cobalt sulphide, to be
shipped to the port nickel refinery.
Appropriations Requested
For Panama Canal Zone
WASHINGTON. —(UP).— Pre
sident Eisenhower asked the Con
The Americas Daily
prosperity to be found in the
Western Hemisphere, proves once
again that the peoples do not
revolt only When their economic
condition is wretched, or unsatis
factory, but that they are also
ready to shed their blood when
they are denied their freedoms, and
oppressed by despotic goverments.
On their part, the Venezuelan
Armed Forces refused to continue
to shed the blood of their fellow
citizens to maintain a corrupt and
brutal dictator in power. Having
this dramatic event in mind, it is
impossible to believe that in near
by Cuba, where the struggle of
the Cuban people against the
equally corrupt and bloody Batis
ta dictatorship has resulted not in
•hundreds, but in thousands of
deaths, the Cuban Army will con
tinue to back a government which
they know will eventually fall
under the pressure of popular re
sistance.
gress for two additional appro
priations for the Panama Canal
Zone during the current fiscal
year.
They were $320,400 as an ad
ditional amount for operating ex
penses and an increase from $15,-
000 to $30,000 in the limitations
in a section of the 1958 Appropria
tions Act for the Commerce De
partment and other related agen
cies.
The requests were contained in
a supplemental appropriations re
quest of $3,000,000,000 which the
President sent today to speaker
Sam Rayburn of the House of Re
presentatives.
The $320,400 request is to pro
vide additional personnel and es
sential supplies to intensify a ma
laria control program which was
made necessary by a recent in
crease in the carrier mosquito po
pulation in the Canal Zone and a
rapid rise in the number of ma
laria cases.
The request also provided for
increased expenses caused princi
pally by a heavy influenza out
break, a higher than usual rate of
sickness in the Zone, and greater
costs of medical supplies.
The request also included funds
for an increase in the rate of bo
nus pay for firefighters, called for
under an amendment to the fede
ral employes pay regulations
which became effective July 14,
1957.
The requested increase from
$15,000 to $30,000 was to permit
the employment of a hospital con
sultant to conduct space study of
hospital requirements in the Ca
nal Zone.
New Government Formed in Venezuela as
Perez Jimenez Flees to Ciudad Trujillo
— , 31 W
Know thy
Neighbor
By ANTONIO RUIZ
ARGENTINA —(Continued) —
Speeding over the pampa from
Buenos Aires to Mendoza in a
luxurious express train, today’s
travelers find it hard to believe
that less than a century ago this
same journey was an ardous and
dangerous trek of more than two
weeks, made in high-wheeled “ga
leras” or covered yagons, in cons
tant danger of attacks from In
dians and bandits. About all that
remains unchanged on the pampa
today, are the squat “ombues”,
purple thistle, and the “pampero”,
wild wind which whips the gras
slands into turbulent motion.
Gone are the old-time gauchos,
those nomadic plainsmen of Spa
nish or mestizo blood, who rode
like the wind, untamed, like the
wild horses and cattle they hunt
ed with their “boleadoras”, a type
of laso originated by the Indians,
with two weighted ends. Theirs
was a hard life, as well as a lonely
one; their only bed the wide “re
cado” or saddle, and their blanket
the inseparable poncho. Their
daily fare was “carne asada” (gri
lled fresh beef) and “mate”, Pa
raguayan tea which is sipped
through a silver tube from a hol
lowed gourd. More “at home” in
the saddle than out of it, they
could ride 100 miles in twelve
hourse on their small but strong
horses.
These trail blazers of the plain,
bronco busters and rangers, were
also courageous fighters. In the
war of Independence, gaucho ca
valry helped to defeat the Spa
niards. They fought off* Indians
also, and made the pampa their
domain. With a passion for liberty
and in defiance of authority, they
fought on to preserve their own
freedom against the civilizing and
unifying influences of Buenos
Aires and other cities. But the
proud plainsmen fought a losing
battle, against the division of free
land into immense “estancias”
against barbed wire fences and
railroads, hor d s of farm im
migrants from Europe, and the po
litical authority of the Nation. The
gaucho has passed into a legend,
but his martial and romantic spi
rit is immortalized in literature,
dances, and music comprising Ar
gentina’s most fascinating folklore.
The modern gauchos, or cowboys,
one sees on the estancias today,
preserve the typical costume of
their predecessors, the baggy
“bombachas” or wide pants, short
boots and spurs, black felt som
brero and poncho. Likewise, they
are magnificent riders, skillful
with the lasso and in the handling
of cattle. They have their “asa
dos” or barbecues and their fies
-1 tas, where one may hear the tango,
the “vidalita” and the “triste”,
those melancholy love songs which
long ago took their melody an
rhythm from the loneliness of the
pampa and-the loping' gait of the
gaucho.
Argentina’s domestic transporta
tion facilities, including airlines,
railroads, buses and steamship
lines, are the most extensive in
South America. Modern equip
ment is being bought npw to res
tore comfortable transportation to
any part of the country. All main
routes radiate from Buenos Aires.
The five principal railroads, go
vernment owned, connect the chief
cities and resorts of each Province
with Buenos Aires. Totalling about
32,000 milles of track, the coun
try’s railway network is mainly
concentrated in the provinces of
Buenos Aires, Cdrdoba, and Santa
Fe. Southern Patagonia, the terri
tories of Chubut and Santa Cruz
are the only ones in the country
not connected by rail to the natio
nal capital.
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CUBAN ARMY ARRESTS
13 IN PINAR DEL RIO
PINAR DEL RIO, (Cuba)—TJhe
Army announced the arrest of 13
persons and the seizure of a large
quantity of weapons and material
destined for sabotage.
They added that the cache
covered rifles, pistols, machine
guns and ammunition for these
: weapons, as well as many “Molotov
Cocktails”, 26th of July Movement
uniforms, and several flags.
An ex-Police Major and an enlist
ed Marine were among those
| arrested.
For m better understanding between the Amedem
MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1958
Puerto Rico Needs Expansion of
Education Plan, Munoz Marin Says
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan.
23. —(UP).— The Governor of
Puerto Rico, Luis .Munoz Marin,
said that the island needs to in
crease its education plan in order
to continue economic and cultu
ral progress.
He made this statement in his
annual message to Congress.
The Governor said that Puerto
Rico needs 60,000 specialized wor- i
kers and will have an excess of
200,000 unskilled workers in 1975
if they do not increase their plan
of education, especially that of
adults.
The Governor also added: “Puer
to Rico expepts to have an ave
rage income of $2,000 dollars an
nualy for every person in 1975”.
At this time nine new factories
are being established every month
Coffee Conference
Sao Paulo After
RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 23. (UP).
The majority of the delegates to
the International Coffee Confe
rence made a plane trip to Sao
Paulo, glad of having prevented
a rift by regional interests.
In a secret mid-jiight meeting
held by the Coordination Com
mittee, the last obstacles which
held up the presentation of a pro
posed agreement were settled.
The delegation from Portugal
was the one most opposed to the
agreement. The representative of
the African Coffee Growers final
ly agreed to give the International
Coffee Organization, at least, the
right to propose measures in any
future crisis of the industry, al
though such measures will remain
subject to approval of the mem
bers. The Portuguese agreed to the
plan after receiving a message
from the government which ac
cepted a reform which lessens the
scope of the organization’s activi
ties. Although the activities of this
organization are more of investi
gation and propaganda, world in
dustry could, in effect, fix export
quotas if all producers agreed that
they were necessary.
Mexican Government Will Increase
Highway Construction During 1958
WASHINGTON, D. C. (PAU)—
Mexico will spend close to $50,-
000.000 in national highway con
struction in 1958. The road bud
get of the Ministry of Communi
cations and Public Works calls for
expenditures at the rate of $160,-
000 a doy throughout the year.
The road program to be carried
out throughout the country will
be part of a public works schedule
which has as its objective the com
pletion of all principal projects
planned during the six-year ad
ministration qf President Adolfo
Ruiz Cortines.
Almost $5 billion have been
spent on public works in Mexico
in the period under consideration.
Major appropriations went for
HEMISPHERIC EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief
OFFICIAL FOR VENEZUELA
APPOINTED BY BANK
MONTREAL (UP)— The Royal
Bank of Canada announced the
nomination of J.R. Peet as Super
visor of the Venezuelan branches,
a post created for the first time in
a South American country. Peet’s
offices will be in Caracas.
Peet entered the organization in
1929, with the Royal Bank of Ca
nada of Buenos Aires, where he
held different posts for nine years.
He was later named as Administra
tor of the Montevideo branch and,
since 1954, has been a resident in
spector of the branches in Vene
zuela and Administrator of the Ca
racas Bank.
MIGRATION MEETING
IN PUERTO RICO
SAN JUAN, P. R. —(UP)—
Gov. Luis Munoz Marin opened
the third Annual JUP'Mion Con
ference' which will discuss the
problems of Puerto Rican mi
grats in New York.
in Puerto Rico. Only one a month
is being dismantled.
The capital invested in Puerto
Rico last year was 262 million dol
lars, which is 48 million more than
in 1956.
The income of Puerto Rican in
dustrial companies was 15% more
than in 1956.
Agricultural income, neverthe-
I less, was reduced 7%.
Industrial companies invested
177 million dollars in the purchase
of equipment. This sum is 37%
over that of 1956.
Thirty seven different companies
have a minimum wage of one dol
lar an hour.
The minimum wage has increas
ed from 13 to 15% in 1956 and
1957, respectively, and 40% dur
ing the last three years.
Delegates Go to
Ironing Differences
The African delegation, never
theless, said that they reserve the
right to reject the proposed mea
sure of quotas, which the U.S.
energetically opposes, the country
which uses more coffee than any
other in the world and is, at the
same time, the best coffee pur
chaser of not only Latin America,
but Africa.
Harry Turkel, U. S. observer,
stated that this country, can not
accept the quota system, except in
was time, and that fair U.S. com
mercial policies prevent acceptance
of import agreements which harm
some producers and are favorable
to others.
The Latin American countries,
for some time, have lamented U.S.
policies to buy African coffee,
which has increased in the last
few years. Last year, the U.S.
spent $ 1,500,000.000 on coffee,
20% which was invested in Afri
ca.
The Latin Americans complain
that the U.S. makes African com
merce easy, while the European
countries discriminate against this
continent with their common mar
ket.
agricultural improvement, indus
trialization, communications, pub
lic education, rehabilitation of
ports and railroads, and public
health facilities. The sum was
greater than was spent in the pre
vious 18 years of Mexico’s history.
Priority in the 1958 road pro
gram will be given to work on the
Central Highway which forms the
backbone of Mexico’s interestate
transportation system and runs the
length of the country from North
to South.
Also slated for completion is the
Southeast Highway, vital to the
agricultural and industrial eco
nomy of a vast region, and the
link connecting Sonora with Baja
California.
A group of 22 New York State |
and New York City officials are |
attending the conference with
their counterparts in Puerto Rico.
In welcoming the New York de
legates Munoz Marin said that by
1975 Puerto Rico expects to reach
a standard of living equal to that
enjoyed “by the United States as
a whole”.
Reviewing briefly Puerto Rico’s
economic and political develop
ment in the past 15 years, the
Governor said that while the Puer
to Rican population has increased
by 20 per cent to 2,300,000 since
1940, its real income has more
than doubled.
Stanley H. Lowell, assistant to
New York’s Mayor Robert Wagner,
and acting conference Chairman
until Wagner’s arrival, expressed
confidence of New York City’s
ability to absorb the Puerto Rican
migration but said that the mi
grants themselves eould ease the
Christian Democrats
in New York Honor
Dr. Rafael Caldera
NEW YIORK, Jan. 23—(UP)—
Representatives of the two stron
gest Christian Democratic parties
of America —those of Chile and
Venezuela— occqpied places of ho
nor at a banquet-conference given
by representatives of the Christian
Democrat movement of Central
Europe.
The act was organized in honor
of Dr. Rafael Caldera, leader of
the Christian Democrat movement
in Venezuela and head of the
Catholic Party of that country,
Copei.
The Chilean movement was re
presented by Roberto Marchant,
head of the Independent Commit
tee supporting Senator Eduardo
Frey for President.
Janusz Sleszynski, of the Chris
tian Democratic Union of Central
Europe, declared:
“This conference will lead to
greater understanding and coope
ration with the two strongest
Christian Democratic parties of
the Continent”. He recalled that
the same group meeting •at the
conference was the center of the
protest against the Venezuelan
Government when it jailed Dr. Cal
dera. He took asylum in the
Apostolic Nunciature in Caracas
later and arrived in New York
Sunday before last.
The act in honor of Dr. Caldera
was organized by Professor Adolf
Prochazka, U.S. representative for
the Christian Democrat Movement
of Central Europe, and the edi
tors if publications of that ten
dency, Bohomir Bunza, Czechoslo
vakian ex-deputy; Polish exile
Sleszynski; V. T. Horany, Hunga
rian ex-deputy and representative
of the Hungarian Christian Demo
cratic Movement.
They said the conference has
also “established a closer bond
between the Christian Democratic
Movement of Venezuela, where it
is the force working with greatest
dynamism for freedom and demo
cracy, and the leaders of the Cen
tral Europe movement”.
Peru Returns to
Free Market for
Foreign Exchange
LIMA, Jan. 23 —(UP).— The
“Banco Central del Peru”, (Peru
vian Central Bank) re-established
a free market for all foreign ex
change transactions, subjected to
operations exclusively regarding
the law or supply and demand.
Since the end of 1954, the “Ban
co Central” bought and sold fo
reign exchange certificates which
were necessary to maintain the
exchange of 19 soles for each dol
lar. At the closing of yesterday’s
activities, the bank announced the
suspension of this measure.
This measure means the turning
over of the certificate system to
the free market, which offers
several advantages to exports and
importers.
In today’s market opening, there
were indications that the exchange
would reach 19.10 soles per dol
lar, while the free exchange, with
out certificates, reached, approx
imately, 19.20 from 19.10 pre
viously. , i
adjustment “if they broaden their llermo Aguilar y Maya, President
American heritage by mastering of the National Committee of Mi
the English language and other neral Resources (Recursos Natu
cultural elements”. rales no Renovables), said plans
had been completed and would de
SHARP INCREASE IN put j n t 0 effect immediately for
MEXICAN STUDENTS a scientific investigation of the
MWYirn riTV MTPI The entire Mexican land mass for mi-
DeS™. TpuW™ EducSn
said 7,000 more students than last ( ea
year would enroll in the capital’s ELECTRIFICATION
secondary schools in 1958. FUND RECOMMENDED
The Department said seven new „„„ „„„
secondary schools had been built GUATEMALA A $20,000,000
in the Federal District since last fund for electrification purposes
year. Four are day schools, and has been recommended by the Na
three night schools, giving the tional Economic Planning Council
city 67 secondary schools. Enrol- to the government. The project
lment is expected to surpass 38,- has been submited to Congress for
000 compared with last year’s its consideration. Financing would
31,540. be made through a special bond
it was announced earlier that issue. Rural electrification is being
more than 700,000 children would given to priority by the govern
attend primary schools. ment planning office, and its re-
MINERAL RESOURCES cently created electrification aom-
MEXICO CITY. —(UP).— <»ul- misiou. _ ~ , ._ .
PROMINENT INDUSTRIALIST, DOCTOR,
ARE MEMBERS OF NEW GOVT. JUNTA
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 13.
(UP). A patriotic junta over
threw the nine-year-old dictator
ship of President Marcos Perez
Jimenez today and sent him flee
ing the country, to the Dominican
Republic.
Caracas radio announced the
fall of the Government at 2:30
a.m. after two days of bloody re
bellion that flashed into a nation
wide civil war and cost scores,
perhaps hundreds of lives.
The overthrow was carried out
by a civilian-military committee
which said it had the complete
backing of the nation’s armed for
ces. It quickly set up a Junta
headed by Rear Admiral Wolfgang
Larrazabal to run the country.
The situation in Caracas was
outlined to the nation by a series
New Government
Junta, Cabinet
in Venezuela
CARACAS, Jan. 23. —(UP).—
The Military Junta which took
over the Government was first
formed by Rear-Admiral Wolfgang
Larrazabal, who was loyal to Perez
Jimenez until the abortive upris
ing on the Ist of January; Colonel
Roberto Casanova, Army Com
mander of the Maracay region
until the uprising; Col. Abel Ro
mero Villarte, Air Force; Col. Pe
dro Jose Quevedo, National Guard
Commander; and Colonel Carlos
Luis Araque, Chief of the Military
Academy.
At noon, after discussions with
civilian elements, the Military Jun
ta became a Government Junta,
with the participation of the out
standing industrialist, Eugenio
Mendoza, and Dr. Bias Lamberti.
UNITY STRESSED
The President of the Government
Junta, Vice-Admiral Wolfgang La
rrazabal, said, during a ceremony
in Miraflores Palace, that a Civilian
■Military Junta had been formed
with the double purpose of uniting
the people and the Army in all
sectors of the Republic.
He expressed the desire for all
of the Armed Forces to dedicate
themselves to specific missions and
unite the fraternal feelings bet
ween soldiers and civilians.
When the deep division which
existed in the country during the
ousted regime was refered to, he
said; “Venezuelan is a country
divided between persecutors and
victims. For this reason we should
solve our presents problems in a
patriotic manner.
“The destiny of Venezuela is to
find the right road for the expres
sion of internal solidarity.”
NEW MINISTERS
At the same time the following
appointments were announced: In
terior Minister, Col. Abdel Romero
Villate; Junta Secretary, Dr. Re
nato Esteva Rios; Governor of the
Federal District (Caracas), with
rank of Minister, Col. Adrian de
la Rosa; Minister of Education, Ju-:
lio De Armas Chitty, Professor,
journalist, and a man of letters
of great prestige.
Member Inter American
Press Association
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For Liberty, Culture and
Hemispheric Solidarity
NUMBER 170
of radio broadcasts in which all
of the nation’s radio and television
stations were hooked up into one
network.
One broadcast told the populace
the 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew impos
ed by P£rez Jimenez was in effect
but the populace ignored this
Within minutes cars raced through
the city honking their horns while
people shouted “liberty” from
their windows. Telephones were
tied up by friends calling with the
news.
The broadcasts empasized that
all units of the armed forces were
in agreement. Journalist Fabricio
Ojeda identified himself as Presi
dent of the Patriotic Junta and as
sured the fullest cooperation with
the different army corps and other
military groups.
Newspapers which closed for
the general strike prepared to pu
blish extras.
Huge crowds began collecting at
the square of El Silencio which
has been the center of anti-govern
ment manifestations in recent
weeks. Thousands arrived oh foot
and other thousands poured in by
car.
El Silencio is the traditional
spot of national celebrations and
there was tumult as the crowds
shouted and waves flags and ban
ners. Most of the crowd was made
up of workers. Some persons were
in their pajamas.
Traffic was jammed for many
blocks in all directions and was
gettings steadily worse. Police
made no effort to straighten it out
but simply joined in the shouting.
In some places the celebrants
packed the walks so densely that
people could not get out of their
houses so they shouted through
the windows or leaned out and
waved flags.
The loudest shouts were “The
Tyrant has Fallen! The Tyrant
has Fallen!”
Exiles Arrive in
Ciudad Trujillo
CItIDAD TRUJILLO. Jan. 23.
(UP), The ousted President of
Venezuela, Marcos Perez Jimenez,
arrived today from Venezuela in
a military plane, accompanied by
his wife, Flor Chalbaud, his three
sons, his mother-in-law, and other
persons.
Among the group were General
Luis Felipe Llovera, who was Mi
nister of Communications; Pedro
Gutierrez Alfaro, who was Minis
ter of Sanitation; Dr. Antonio Pi
rez Vivas, who replaced Laureano
Vallenilla Lanz as Government Mi
nister shortly after the New Year,
Dr. Raul Soules, the ousted Pre
sident’s secretary, and Fortunato
Herrera.
The plane was piloted by Lt. Co
lonel Paoli, Majar Jos6 Cota Rey
nad Major Antonio Marquez Bello.
The plane in which they arrived
has been taken over by Dominican
authorities for not giving previous
warning of arrival and for carry
ing weapons.
The decision of what to do wit!
the plane will be made later.
Reds Blame U. S.
For Revolution
in Venezuela
LONDON. (UP) “Tass”, the
Soviet news agency, reported
today by radio that “U.S. monopo
lies, with their plunder”, were the
cause of the Venezuelan revolu
tion.
“Tass” reports on the Venezue
lan events, based, it seems, on
reports received before the fall
of dictator Marcos Perez Jim4nez,
said: “the Venezuelan revolution
is no doubt the result of the disgust
felt by the people for the plunder
of their country by U. S. monopo
lies”.
It added that P6rez Jimenez is
an instrument of these monopolies
and “has been making money
through robbing the national
wealth.”
The report from “Tass”, dated
from New York, says; “for a long
time the U.S. has controlled Vene
zuelan oil resources, taking 130
million tons of oil a year from the
country. United States Steel, of
Morgan, owns the Cerro Bolivar
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