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...M.N.R. ticket stirred up an unexpected storm. Paz hand-picked lackluster Senate President Federico Fortún Sanjinés as his new running mate, thereby offending several prominent right-wing M.N.R. leaders, whose vice-presidential choice was General René Barrientos Ortuño, 44, Bolivia's crewcut, U.S.-trained air force commander. Unmoved by their protests, Paz was all set to send Barrientos into semi-exile as ambassador to London, a classic Bolivian ploy for settling intraparty disputes. Then, late one night last month, Barrientos was mysteriously ambushed and shot. The U.S. command pilot wings...
...striving to put the near-bankrupt nation on a solid economic footing, Paz has drawn away from his more radical advisers. Barrientos, the only political figure since the revolution who is outspokenly antiCommunist, argues that the government should break off diplomatic relations with Cuba. If he has his way, Bolivia's decision to sever ties with Castro might lead to new consideration of such action by some or all of the other four hemisphere holdouts: Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay...
...than it was four years ago. In Asia-Viet Nam, which is now our baby 100%, will be down the drain if present trends continue. In Africa-Zanzibar, like Cuba, is now a jumping-off place for further penetration of that great continent. In Latin America-Cuba is gone, Bolivia is going, Brazil is on the brink, not to mention the mess in Panama. In Europe-we gave the cold shoulder to De Gaulle, and now he gives the warm hand to Mao Tse-tung...
Both Mexico and Bolivia have ambitious plans to open up enormous tracts of virgin lands for destitute peasants. Of all the formulas, the one that holds the most magic is land reform, but so far the results are disappointing. Mexico's government has been redistributing land ever since the 1910 revolution...
Shapiro's analysis of Latin American problems centers around six case studies: Guatemala as the prototype of the paternalistic dictatorship, Peru as the conservative "democracy," Venezuela as the liberal democracy, Cuba as the revolutionary regime, Mexico as the post-revolutionary government, and Bolivia as the typical test case for the Alliance...