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...Chiarlo, 77, born in the central Italian town of Pontremoli. is a veteran of 40 years in the Vatican foreign service-most of the time in Latin America. From 1922 to 1928 he served in Warsaw; then, with the rank of archbishop, he was sent as papal nuncio to Bolivia. After posts in several Central American countries, Pope Pius XII appointed him nuncio to Brazil in 1946, where he is remembered for his warmth, wit and sharp judgment...
...Parity between the price that Latin American nations get in the U.S. for their raw materials and the price they pay for our manufactures. "Chile, Peru, Mexico and Bolivia have seen the export prices of their metals drop from 40% to 50% during the last several years," said Grace, while the average price of U.S. exports to Latin America has risen 11%. ¶ "A positive attitude toward Latin America based upon permanent friendship and not upon 'crash' programs when we get into trouble abroad...
...paid for it, and he needed the money. But it scarcely seemed a suitable way of life for an artist on a Buenos Aires Contvention grant. Tired of Lima, he set off over the Andes and made his way down Madre de Dios River toward the Brazil-Peru-Bolivia frontier. Unarmed, and with only a Roman Catholic lay missionary as companion, he finally pushed right off the known map into the green unknown. Three days out, the two found themselves surrounded by naked Amarakaires...
...United Nations General Assembly reverberated last week with protests from the world's tin-producing nations against Russian dumping of tin on the world market. Delegates from tin-rich Bolivia, Malaya, Indonesia and Thailand complained bitterly that a price slump caused by Russian dumping threatened to undermine their economies. The trouble was not confined to tin producers; for many a nation economically dependent on a single metal or commodity, fluctuations in price and demand have become an economic nightmare...
...protect Bolivia and other friendly nations, the U.S. buys no tin from Russia; last week Canada decided to buy its tin only from members of the International Tin Council. Since there is no guarantee that Iron Curtain countries will abide by any metals agreements, Western nations can make stabilization programs work only by standing together in restricting purchases from Russia...