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...Force was testing a new aircraft-a snappy little twin-engined Helio Courier light plane-and naturally, there was only one pilot for the job. Grinning broadly,. Air, Force General René Barrientos, 46, the more equal of Bolivia's two co-Presidents, strapped himself into the pilot's seat and roared off into the blue. After buzzing over La Paz, Barrientos flitted for about 30 minutes around the jagged 21,325-ft. peak of nearby Mount Illimani, then pushed the shuddering plane to 21,425 ft., setting a new altitude mark for that type of aircraft...
...explosion in the Dominican Republic serves as an urgent reminder that there are still many countries where poverty, Red agitation, corrupt and in efficient government are pressing dangers. Last week civil war flared in Bolivia, leftist riots continued in Colombia, and several other governments were flashing warning signals...
...force blue swept silently out of the President's office, down one flight of stairs, and swirled around a small table bearing a crucifix. There, as his colleagues looked on, Air Force General Rene Barrientos solemnly swore in Army General Alfredo Ovando Candia as his co-President of Bolivia's ruling junta. Ovando, Barrientos dryly observed, came "from the very entrails of the army" and was a man worthy of his new position. Replied Ovando: "There will not be two Presidents, but one will to serve the country...
...face of it, the ceremony last week seemed to indicate that Rene Barrientos was no longer the No. 1 man in Bolivia. Army Chief Ovando has been pressuring Barrientos to share power ever since the November coup that toppled President Victor Paz Estenssoro. But things are not always what they seem in Bolivia's dizzying Andean atmosphere. After a week of bloody revolt and political confusion, there were at least as many reasons to believe that the promotion was largely a Barrientos maneuver designed to remove his rival from active command and prepare the Bolivian army for a final...
...five days of fighting, and the junta was threatening an all-out offensive against the mines unless the unions agree to abide by Barrientos' reforms. "We are going to solve the mine problem," said Barrientos, "even if the methods cannot be popular. Sending armed forces into communities in Bolivia is nothing extraordinary. The military is the legal instrument of the government...