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...thin, cold air of the Andean altiplano, Bolivia's two-year-old democracy fought for breath to live. President Enrique Hertzog, a doctor experienced in pulmonary problems, had pulled his patient through five states of siege. Last week a fresh complication set in. The doctor himself, worn out and suffering from kidney and heart trouble, took a leave of absence...
...more on the march, Hertzog's ministers pleaded with him to stay. Hertzog's unhappy answer: "Gentlemen, I appeal to your human feelings to let me go." During the month or two that the 62-year-old President planned to rest in the lower altitudes of northwest Bolivia's yungas (valleys), elegant, easygoing Vice President Mamerto Urriolagoitia would take over at the palace. Many Bolivians feared that Dr. Hertzog's patient might not live to see his return...
...Australia and Bolivia jointly proposed an investigation into the question of human rights in Hungary and Bulgaria, including the trial and sentence of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty...
Back in 1946-47, flush with $1.2 billion in war-accumulated balances, Argentina had negotiated trade agreements with Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru. To many, it looked like a good beginning for the creation of a satellite bloc. But most of these lavish deals were never ratified or carried through; by last week it was clear that they had accomplished nothing...
...Bolivia called for action by the 53-nation general assembly which opens in New York April...