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Inter - American News
for English *
Speaking people
6th YEAR
a A SAN ROMAN C. W SMITH. 1. SMITH.
President Vice President Tie* President.
FRANCISCO AGUIRRE, HORACIO AGUIRRE,
Tice President end Publisher Tic* President Rdltar 2nd Manager
Antonio Ruiz, Thomas A. Hill,
Managing Editor. Advertising Manager
Published dallj except Monday Entered as second class matter at the
Post Office of Miami Springs Fla- on February }. 1»M
EDITORIAL
UNCONTROLLED OPPOSITION
It csm be stated, in general terms, that every time the
people of a country have the opportunity, or open the way
to express their dissatisfaction against a dictatorial regime,
the opposition —the people themselves, that is— incur in
political attacks against the Government, in greater propor
tions than the ones used by normal opposition forces in
countries like England, the United States, Uruguay, Puerto
Rico, and others of the same democratic characteristics and
political maturity.
In those cases, the Government that, for some reason,
has given an opportunity to the opposition to show their dis
pleasure that way, or because the opponents have incurred
in excesses, officials usually qualify the attitude of their
adversaries as subversive and as flagrant attempts against
public order. And that kind of despotic government wants
to take upon itself the task of qualifying the activities of
the opposition, because, according to the regime, they do
not deserve freedom or are not prepared for it.
What really happens is that oppressed people cannot
act with the same serenity and ponderation than the citizens
of England, the United States, Uruguay or Puerto Rico, to
mention only four. When the people are subjugated by a
dictatorship, they have always an opportunity to say or to
do something regarding the conduct of the Government,
they have to claim against the injustices of tyranny, they
have to condemn the existence of a dictatorial system, and
they have to demand total renewal of the Government, which
for them represents the negation of their civic rights and
political opprobium.
Under these circumstances, in view of the violation
of the Constitution and Laws of the Republic by the Govern
ment itself, the opposition is completely outside of all norms.
But, one must ask: in what way can the people show their
indignation?
In countries with a different kind of government, where
public power is exercised in a civilized manner, and its
authority originates from the will of the majority, the op
position shows its attitude or dissatisfaction with the policies
of the regime in a different manner. But in those countries
everything is different regarding national life.
Dictatorships, therefore, should not expect nor ask from
the peoples they oppress the serenity and satisfaction of the
opposition in countries which are genuine democracies.
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GUEST EDITORIAL <7
DEED ACREAGE TO INTERAMA
The Interama Authority yesterday expressed confid
ence that it can promote a $17,500,000 financial plan to
build the long-awaited project on the Graves Tract. If this
optimism is justified, then the fate of the trade center has
been dropped in the lap of the Miami City Commission,
which will be asked to deed 500 acres of the 1,700-acre
tract to the authority.
Located as it is at the head of Biscayne Bay and readily
accessible to the tourist traffic via Highways 1 and AIA
and the Sunshine State Parkway, the Graves Tract is
still the ideal location for Interama.
There has been opposition to the suggestion that the city
turn a portion of the Graves tract over to Interama on the
basis that it would constitute a costly “give-away”. Actual
ly the city would gain rather than lose by the transaction.
By deeding 500 acres of the bayfront property, together
with an adcess strip, to the Interama Authority, the city
would make the remainder of the Graves Tract worth con
siderably more than the present value of the entire parcel.
Even in its present undeveloped state the Graves
Tract has influenced land values. Since the tract was first
proposed as a location for the trade and cultural center,
surrounding property has risen in value. It is in demand
for possible hotel and motel sites to accommodate the vi
sitors which Interama would attract.
The Miami City Commission would be unwise indeed
to reject the present proposal which would bring so many
dividends to the central city and the entire community.
(Reprinted from The Miami News)
Canadian National W. Indies Fleet
Sold to Cuban Foreign Trade Bank
OTTAWA. (UPI). Transport
Minister George Hees announced
the sale of the eight-vessel Cana
dian National Steamship's West
Indies fleet to Cuba’s Foreign Tra
de Bank for $2,800,000.
Hees told the Commons that the
vessels would be operated under
Cuban registry by Flota Maritima
Browning de Cuba, a Havana ship
ping firm. He said the firm hopes
to put the vessels into operation
as soon' as possible between Cuba,
the West Indies and the Canadian
ports of Montreal and Halifax.
The minister said the sale price
was “by far the best” of the seven
made for the purchase of the whole
fleet. He said nine other offers
were made to buy portions of the
fleet.
Hees assured the House that all
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the officers of the fleet who so
desired were transferred to the
marine services of the Transport
Department. A few retired and a
few others accepted other employ
ment, he said.
The vessels had been idle since
July 4, 1957 when the Seafarers’
International Union (SUI) struck
for higher wages. In November
last year the eight vessels were
transferred to Trinidad registry in
order to take advantage of the
lower wage rates, but the plan fiz
zled under pressure from interna
tional unions.
The CNS had operated the West
Indian Fleet since 1928 and other
companies had operated it dating
back to 1892.
The decision to sell the fleet was
announced May 21.
The Americas Daily
For a better understanding between the Americas
PLANS FOR STRENGTHENING TIES
OF HEMISPHERE NATIONS TO BE
SUBMITTED BY BRAZILIAN GOVT.
WASHINGTON (UPI) Brazil
will formally propose to the other
American republics this week ways
of implementing President Jusceli
no Kubitschek’s broad program to
strengthen hemisphere ties, rel
iable officials said here.
It was understood that Brazilian
Foreign Minister Negrao de Lima
will urge that a high-level diplo
matic committee in Washington be
established as soon as possible to
consider the program, known as
“operation Pan Americanism”.
The group would include the
Latin American ambassadors to the
United States, the chiefs of the
mission to the Council of the
Organization of American States
(OAS), and high State Department
officials.
It was not immediately clear how
this body would be linked to the
OAS, but Brazilian officials have
repeatedly assured other Latin
Know thy
Neighbor
By ANTONIO RUIZ
KNOW THY
URUGUAY The literary life
of Uruguay had its real start in
the early 19th century. During the
colonial period, letters had been
limited largely to scientific, edu
cational and religious subjects. The
struggle for independence produc
ed Bartolome Hidalgo, soldier,
writer, and first of the gaucho
poets. A “Montevideano” himself,
he introduced into verse the lan
guage of the country folk. When
Andres Lamas and the Argentine
emigrO Miguel Cane founded the
newspaper “El Iniciador” in 1838,
romanticism was launched on the
Left Bank of the La Plata River.
Os the numerous romantic poems
based on the customs and legends
of native tribes in the Rio de la
Plata region, "Tabare”, published
in 1886 by Juan Zorrilla de San
Martin, is considered the greatest.
This poem, describing the death
throes of the native race, has cros
sed the Uruguayan borders, until
now it represents to the world one
of the genuine epics of America.
The national poet of Uruguay, Zo
rrilla de San Martin, combined lyri
cal romantic sentiment with vigor
ous descriptions of the wilderness,
of primitive Indian rites, and of
the Spanish conquest.
About the time “Tabari” ap
peared, “Ismael”, the first great
Uruguayan novel, was written by
Eduardo Acevedo Diaz. It was the
first in a series of historical ro
mances. The influence of European
romantics is evident in all of Ace
vedo Diaz’ works.
At the end of the 19th century,
naturalism replaced romanticism in
Uruguayan letters. Realism and
objectivity became the rule of
writers like Javier de Viana, mas
ter of tales of creole life. His no
vels and short stories are well
documented records of the harsh
but highly interesting life in the I
Uruguayan planis.
The realistic, psychological, phi
losophical, and didactic novel reach
ed perfection in the hands of Car
los Reyles, who is far above other
modern Uruguayan authors. “La I
Raza de Cain” (Race of Cain) isj
probably the nfost forceful novel
written by Reyles, who also distin
guished himself asan essayist and
short story writer.
Although the poet and short 1
story writer Horacio Quiroga spent
much of his life in Argentina, he
figures prominently in his native
Uruguayan literature. His best
Amor, de Locura, de Muerte"
(Stories of Love, Madness and
Death (, and “El Salvaje” (The
Savage”). Other good novelists and
short story writers are Francisco
Espinosa and Filiberto Hernkndez,
With the presentation of “Mi Hi
jo, el Doctor” (My Son, the Doc
tor) in 1903, Florencio Sanchez
brought the Uruguayan theatre to
a flourishing era. The naturalist
spirit of Zola —pessimistic, realis
tic, and bitter— that is present in
Sftnchez’ plays, is counter balanced
by the author’s tender pity for hu
manity. His follower, Ernesto He
rrera. won’ a place in the theatre,
even though he lived barely beyond
adolescense.
Notable modern playwrights in
clude the novelist Jos(* P. Bellan,
Francisco Imhoff, Victor Perez Pe
tit, who lyas also an important
critic and novelist, Carlos M. Prin
civalle, and Justino Zavala Muniz.
Prize-winning plays have also been
written by Jos£ Maria Podesta, in
collaboration with his wife, Clo
tilde Luisi de Podestk, and by Car
os Denis Molina.
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MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1958
American diplomats that it would
in no way ' side-step the Inter-
American organization.
There is some speculation here
that Brazil may call for a special
meeting of the OAS Council to
make clear that Kubitschek’s objec
tive would be to strengthen rather
than weaken the OAS by speeding
economic development plans
through the projected diplomatic
committee.
The Brazilian proposal was one
of the principal topics during Ku
bitschek’s conferences last week
with Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles.
The Secretary agreed with the
Brazilian leader on the need for
“dynamic efforts to overcome the
problems of underdevelopment.”
But he was reported ot have left
it up to the joint decision of the
Latin American Republics to deter
mine how those efforts should best
be channeled.
During his meeting Friday with
the Latin American envoys here
to brief them on the Rio talks,
Dulles made plain that Brazil would
have to take the initiative in the
implementation of “operation pan
americanism,” according to diplo
matic informants who attended the
session.
Nicaraguans Not
Ready For Freedom,
Somoza Declares
MANAGUA. The President of
the Republic, Engineer and Colonel
Luis Somoza Debayle, declared in
this city that “Nicaraguan citizens
are not prepared for freedom, in
commenting the acts of vandalism
committeed by Government agents,
who attacked radio station “Radio
Mundial” on August 5, causing
damages exceeding one milliion
cordobas, and leaving several
wounded, among them tlje owner
of the station, Manuel Arana Valle,
and several distinguished ladies of
Nicaraguan society, who were at
the station attending a meeting to
request the freedom of a group of
army officers who were sentenced
by a Military .Court, accused of
conspiring against the dictatorship
of the brothers Luis and Anastasio
Somoza, on November, 1957.
The pro-government mob execut
ed their grim task without the
police or the army answering with
the speed required in such cases,
when a dramatic call was made
over the microphones.
“What happened Tuesday even
ing—President Somoza said—is the
outcome of that war of radio-mee
tings.” From now on—he added—
we will have to be more energetic.
These acts demonstrate that Nica
ragua citizens are not prepared
for freedom.’
All radio stations are under
strict official censorship.
Venezuelan Officials
Drown in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad. -
(UPI) —The Vice-Consul of Vene
zuela in Trinidad, Julio Marquis
Bravo, and Venezuelan Army Ma
jor Mario Delgado drowned at
Mayaro Beach, on the East coast
of the island.
Both were bathing with a group
of Venezuelan consular officials
and friends.
A man who tried to save M&rquis
Bravo also drowned.
HEMISPHERIC EVENTS
Latin American News in Brief
CURE FOR BALDNESS
FOUND BY BRAZILIAN
RIO DE JANEIRO. (UPI).—Dr.
Lutero Vargas, son of the late Pre
sident Getulio Vargas, announced
he had conducted a number of
successful experiments with a new
process to cure some types of
baldness.
Dr. Vargas, who besides being a
noted Physician isxa member of
the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
and a brother-in-law of the Brazil
ian Ambassador to the United
States, said the process involves
chirurgical treatment of a certain
gland but he refused further tech
nical details.
He said, however, that the treat
ment is simple and .can be perform
ed under local anesthesia.
Dr. Vargas said a scientific re
port, fully documented with photo
graphs, would be presented to the
Plastic Surgery Congress scheduled
for next month at Sao Paulo.
He said that in experiments be
gun Only 20 days ago, he had ob
tained complete success in six ope
rations, including one on a 65-
New York Times'
Correspondent
Slapped, Kicked
by Gen. Ydigoras
GUATEMALA, August 13.
(UPI). General Miguel Ydigo
ras Fuentes, the President of Gua
temala, slapped and kicked the
correspondent of the “New York
Times” in this country, according
to a charge made by this same
correspondent.
Julio Vielman, correspondent of
the “New York Times” and re
porter on the local newspaper
“Prensa Libre” pressed charges for
the incident, saying that General
Ydigoras Fuentes “slapped and
kicked” him after censuring him
for a report published in “Prensa
Libre”.
The charges say that after Viel
man- had waited for several hours,
Ydigoras Fuentes came out of his
office accompanied by several
members of his General Staff
and approached Vielman and said
that he did not care about the
attacks about himself, but he did
resent the attacks which affected
“the country” in which Vielman
stated in his article that “Guate
mala is bankrupt”.
Vielman adds that then, with
out giving him time to answer,
the President slapped him in the
face, and, as he turned around, he
kicked him “on the back of his
leg”.
Faced with the impossibility of
answering back, Vielman left for
the anti-room of the Presidential
office.
Colombia Grants Safeconducts .to
Men Implicated in Abortive Plot
BOGOTA, August 13. (UPI).
The Foreign Minister, Julio Tur
bay Ayala, announced before the
Senate that the government has
given safe conduct to the six mili
tary men who had been give asy
lum in Embassies due to the 2nd
of May aboritve rebellion, and ad
ded that “all of them left the coun
try yesterday”.
The safe conducts were deliver
ed yesterday and at the same time
the respective Embassies were re
quested to arrange the exit from
the country of the exiles at the
soonest possible moment.
The Ministry, nevertheless, re
peated that this does not mean that
Colombia has abandoned the thesis
that Military men on active service
are not protected by the principle
of political asylum.
Minister Turbay reported to the
Senate on the granting of the safe
conducts and read the text of the
note which he sent to each pne
of the Ambassadors of Peru, Sal
vador, Paraguay, Guatemala, and
Uruguay.
The note says that Colombia does
not refute the thesis which she
brought before the Inter American
Juridical Committee, but that she
expedited the safe conducts, re
specting the opinion of the nations
granting asylum..
It adds that the Colombian go
vernment had “prudently waited”,
by delaying granting the safe con
ducts, for the opinions of the gov
ernments granting asylum on the
year-old woman. He warned, how
ever, that some types of baldness;
did not respond to the treatment.
COUNTERFEIT U. S. BILLS
FOUND IN ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES. (UPI). A
cache of counterfeit American cur
rency was found in the double bot
tom of a bulkhead aboard the
French liner Provence, it was re
ported here.
The liner ran aground last week
just outside the Buenos Aires
harbor and it was presumed the
cache was found by workers ins
pecting the hull for possible da
mage from the grounding.
Reports said the counterfeited
bills were of five, ten, and twenty
dollar denominations, for a total
of $5,025.
Authorities believed the cache
probably' belonged to some inter
national conterferting and smug
gling ring. -
ARGENTINA TO HAVE
JET PLANES SOON
BUENOS AIRES. (UPl).—Aero
lineas Argentinas will be one of
the world’s first airlines to use
Pres. Eisenhower Made an
"Honest Presentation ot
Our Problems". Arias Says
U. S. EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE
OAS ESPECIALLY WELCOME, HE SAYS
WASHINGTON, August 13.
(UPI). Panamanian Ambassador
Ricardo M. Arias praised President
Eisenhower’s speech today at the
United Nations General Assembly
as “a very honest presentation of
our urgent problems”.
He particularly welcomed the
President’s reference to United
States efforts to strengthen the
Organization of American States.
Arias, a former President of Pa
nama, listened to the speech by
radio as did many other Latin
American envoys here.
V “I thought that President Eisen
hower gave a very honest presen
tation of, the urgent problems
facing the world”, he told the
United Press International.
“The program he unfolded for
the Middle East has opened the
door to a new era of social econo
mic development of one of the most
turbulent areas of the world. Whe
ther it will succeed will now
depend on the reception it receives
from the Arab nations.’
Commenting on Eisenhower’s re
ference to the OAS, the Envoy
continued:
“The statement was extremely
timely especially in view of the
various steps being proposed by the
Colombian thesis, but in view of
their refusal and insistence on the
safe conducts, finally decided to
grant them.
Minister Turbay reported to the
Senate that this decision was adopt
ed after detailed study by Presi
dent Lleras Camargo. The Senate
set next Tuesday as the date on
which the debate about the asylum
will be carried out.
The officers receiving the safe
conducts are: Lieutenants Jaime
Calderdn, Alvaro Castaleda, Arnol
do Ortiz, and Daniel Escalante.
The seventh officer who was giv
en asylum. Lieutenant Alberto Cen
dales. escaped several weeks ago
and has not been found.
The civilians compromised in
the rebellion, Jose Maria Prada
Caceres and Mario Pinilla, had ob
tained asylum and safe conduct.
Jose Maria Prada Cficeres went to
Ecuador. \
All are being tried in absence
by the Court Martial established
on the Ist of August, which will
also judge 65 officers and men who
took part in the same coup.
Colonel Quintin Gustavo G6mez
will also appear before the Court
Martial, as he was the Command
ing General of the National Police
on the 2nd of May He is accused
of cowardence and negligence in
facing the revolters.
Colonel Forero Gomez left last
night in a plane for Panama, on
his way to El Salvador, the country
which has given him asylum.
jet planes on its long-distance in
ternational routes, starting early
in 1959, while many lines will
not start operations with jets until
1960, Commodore Juan Jose Gui
raldes, Chairman of the Board,
said today.
Guiraldes confirmed Aerolineas
Argentinas is buying six de Havil
land Comet Mark Four jet planes
for 10,932.452 pounds sterling pay
able in five years from the date
of delivery of the first plane.
These planes will fly from Bue
nos Aires to London in 15 hours,
to New York in twelve and to
Rio de Janeiro in two and a half
hours.
Aerolineas Argentinas present
international fleet of Douglas DC
6’s will be put on the regional in
ternational routes and also on the
company’s numerous domestic li
nes.
LOAN TO U.S. FIRM
WASHINGTON. (UPI). The
Development Loan Fund announc
ed plans to set up a $2,600,000
loan to help the International Pro
ducts Corporation modernize and
memb'Sts of our organization to
speed {economic development. The
is certainly our major problem
and it is the feeling of my Govern
ment that it should be dealt with
by the Inter-American Organiza
tion.”
Colombian Envoy
Praises U. S. Move
on Regional Bank
WASHINGTON. (UPI). The
Colombian Ambassador, Jose Gu
tierrez, predicted that the U. S.
decision to participate in the crea
tion of an Inter American Develop
ment and Finance Institution
“would result in a more solid and
rapid economic development of the
Latin American nations”.
He stated that the step is as
important as the one previously
taken by the U. S. in deciding to
coleborate with the coffee produc
ing countries in a study of the
measures for stabiliaztion.
The Colombian diplomat, Presi
dent of the Latin American study
group and President of the OAS
Council, said:
“The U. S. decision to participate
in ways and means of regulating
the market of Latin American raw
materials in order to avoid sharp
fluctuations in prices and the an
nouncement made by the U. S. gov
ernment that it has decided to
promote a corporation of economic
development financed by all the
countries of America, are the two
most positive steps taken in the
field of Inter American coopera
tion”.
“I believe that these two steps
will vigorously strengthen the feel
ings of friendship and solidarity
in the Hemisphere and will be the
basis for a more solid and rapid
economic development in the Latin
American countries”.
“The two most prominent hopes
of the Latin American delegations
to the conferences in Quintandinha
in 1954 and in Buenos Aires in
1957 have merited the support of
the U. S. as a great contribution
to the well being of the less deve
loped countries”.
Cubana Airline
Orders 2 Bristol
Britannia Planes
LONDON. (UPI). The Cuban
airline “Compania Cubana de Avia
cion” has placed an order with
Bristol Aircraft Company for two
more Bristol Britannia (Whisper
ihg Giants) aircraft, the Bristol
Company announced today.
Two Britannias for the Cuban
airline are already on order and
are scheduled to be delivered later
this year.
Tne new order is worth about
seven million dollars (2,250,000
pounds).
Up to now the Bristol Aircraft
Company has sold 76 Britannia
aircraft.
expand operations in Paraguay.
The firm employs about 5,000
persons in Paraguay. It is engaged
in ranching, meatpacking, and pro
ducing quebracho extract used in
leather tanning. It is a United
States corporation. . '
BODY 0F AMERICAN
tfOUND IN BOLIVIA
LA PAZ, Bolivia. (UPl)—Search
parties , recovered the body of an
America? businessman who drown
ed last week while hunting in the
remote Beni River area of Bolivia.
The body was identified as that
of Gordon Barbour, 48, of Clear
water, Flifc He is survived by his
second wife, who lives in Clear
water, ahd .by four children.
Barbour was reported to have
drowned .last Thursday near Rur
renabaque, a small port on the Beni
River. Searchers from Rurrenaba
que have been looking for his
body ever since.
The American was connected
with radio communications and
mining businesses in Bolivia. He
also was building a tourist hotel on
! Lake Titicaca. '
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The First Test of the Cuban
Civic Revolutionary Front
There is no doubt that the se
lection of the person to take
over the functions of Provisional
President of Cuba in case of the
fall of the regime of General
Batista was one of the most de
licate problems which the re
cently formed Cuban Civic Re
volutionary Front had to solve.
This point was so delicate that,
in January of this year, unity was
broken, represented since No
vember of 1957 by the Cuban
Liberation Junta, precisely for
the conflict which was stirred
up by this selection.
At it is well knowa, and as
it was reported by THE AMERI
CAS DAILY, the Directive Board
of the Cuban Civic Revolution
ary Front, with the exception of
only one vote, elected Dr. Urru
tia as Provisional President of
what is called The Republic of
Cuba in Arms. The discrepancy',
in this case, caused no break.
In a democratic manner, in or
dered voting, the person who re
ceived the majority of the sup
port in the seat of the discussion
was designated. According to
our understanding, the Directive
Board of the Civic Revolutionary
Front has adopted the norm of
demanding two thirds of all votes
for decisions of great import
ance, and the simple majority
for less transcendental deci
sions.
It is very convenient that
unanimity has been avoided as a
basic requirement for acting be
cause if this were required, very
little could be carried out by an
entity composed of different
elements, now united by the
ideal of recovering Cuban democ
racy, but whose partisan activi
ties have been militant in dif
ferent, and many times, opposite,
fields.
Those interested in maintain
ing the indispensable unity of
the Cuban opposition in order
to restore the Republic, putting
aside details and proper names,
see with satisfaction that, at
least up to now, the Cuban Civic
Revolutionary Front has been
able to pass the first and very
difficult test unharmed.
Bolivia Suffering
Railroad Strike
and Farmers Feud
LA PAZ, Bolivia. (UPI)— Boli
via, which has been without a gov
ernment since Congress met last
week, was plagued today by a
wildcat rail strike and an out
break of feuding in the farm belt.
A 1 miners’ strike which was t®
have started at midnight was
called off at the last moment..
President Hernan Siles post
poned the installation of his new
Cabihet Monday night because of
the situation created by the rail
walkout, which has paralyzed such
key transportation centers as La
Paz, Oruro and Potosi.
At the same tirrte, a govern
ment investigating committee was
on the way to the San Pedro de
Buena Vista area of south cen
tral Bolivia to investigate reports
that “large bands of armed psa-
I sants” are running wild.