Word: bolivia
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...whereabouts has haunted Latin America. He has been reported executed by Castro, killed in the Dominican Republic's 1965 civil war and fostering guerrilla warfare in half a dozen Latin American countries. Last week the Bo livian government presented "proof" that Che is, or at least was, in Bolivia, leading a Cuban-trained band of 60 guerrillas who have been operating in the country's remote southwestern jungles since March...
...entitles it to be classed among the "less developed" countries for the next five years, despite the fact that its people normally enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the LAFTA region. But such happy harmony was soon shattered when the three other "less developed" nations-Paraguay, Bolivia and Ecuador-demanded that their goods be allowed to move into the more industrialized countries duty-free, even before the first tariff cuts are scheduled to begin in about three years. Otherwise, they argued, their young industries will never be able to build enough muscle to be competitive within LAFTA...
...labor for "maligning" Mother Russia in their work. Then, in dazzling transition, Greene added that his letter "must in no way be regarded as an attack" on the Soviet Union, went on to proclaim that he would rather live in Russia than in the U.S., in Cuba than in Bolivia, and in North Viet Nam than in South. Most of Britain's press responded with angry bewilderment. "Does Greene really believe that he would be allowed to publish what he wanted in Russia, Cuba or North Viet Nam?" wondered the Daily Mail. "His career and fortune are dependent...
...Marx. Imprisoned in the flyspecked oil town of Camiri, Debray was charged with murder, arson, armed insurrection, conspiracy against the state and illegal entry into Bolivia. He was held for trial by a military tribunal rather than a civilian criminal court. His arrest brought immediate protests from the French Ambassador, screams from the French press, and a personal appeal from De Gaulle. The Human Rights Commissions of France, Italy and Belgium dispatched observers to plead his case. His father, who is a lawyer, his mother, who is a Paris city councilwoman, and his childhood nurse all flew to the Bolivian...
...training and inflaming a guerrilla movement that seems to be spreading with alarming speed. Since the beginning of the year, when the terrorists first appeared, more than 40 persons have been killed in ambushes and raids; the army has declared a 1,300-sq,-mi. area in eastern Bolivia a "war zone." Holding Debray responsible, his military jailers last month went so far as to trot him be fore a press conference dressed in the striped uniform worn only by those who have already been convicted. Although local papers warn against prejudging Debray, the government is conducting a campaign...