Word: bolivia
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...were used to settling differences at home by revolution and abroad by war. In 1865 they took on Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil in a five-year battle royal that ended only because Paraguay's able-bodied male population shrank to 28,000. Eleven years ago Paraguay outpointed Bolivia in South America's last war, over the Chaco. Paraguayans still allot almost half their budget to the military, supply Buenos Aires with its toughest cops, ablest soccer players, and remain convinced that, should they choose to extend their ancient, river-bound domain (see map), they could...
Aloof Neighbors. On the South American front, Perón's fortunes were low. His attempt to blackmail the new Bolivian Government by holding up needed wheat shipments had flopped. The U.S. had stepped in, agreed to send Bolivia enough wheat to see the year out. Paraguay had slipped from under the Argentine thumb, showed some stirrings of democracy. Chile and Uruguay were going ahead with democratic election campaigns. Perón's dream of a Bloque Austral (southern bloc) had folded-for the moment. But Juan Domingo was still trying. Last week he signed a new trade...
...return of one exile, ex-President José P. Guggiari, had been too much for volatile university students. They cherished an ancient grudge against him: his police had shot down students who demonstrated against concessions to Bolivia in the Chaco. That was on Oct. 23, 1931. Last month Guggiari got a rousing homecoming reception from members of his Liberal Party. As he spoke to them, an airplane emblazoned with the students' motto, "October 23- Rest in Peace," swept low. As the ex-President rode down Calle Palma, "assassin" and other insults glared from the walls. At the Pante...
...body swung from its lamppost had revolutionists gathered to form a representative junta. To the junta and to outsiders from Buenos Aires to Washington, the victory parade was one bit of evidence among many that both revolution and junta had popular support. But no one, either in Bolivia or abroad, seemed to know in what direction the new Government would...
...Threat. Many Bolivian regimes (Villarroel's was an exception) have been in the pay of the tin barons. Until Bolivia's economy is broadened or until cheaper Malayan production knocks high-cost Bolivian tin for a loop, tin rule will be a threat...