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...morning of July 17, 1980, reports arrived in La Paz, Bolivia that a military uprising had taken place in Trinidad, a departmental capital east of La Paz. The military in Trinidad demanded that the Armed Forces take charge of the government. Bolivia's National Committee for the Defense of Democracy (CONADE) called an emergency meeting in La Paz and ordered a general strike and road blockades in protest. At noon, before that meeting had ended, ambulances arrived at the meeting place and heavily armed paramilitary personnel jumped out, broke in, and arrested everyone present. Several, most notably Marcelo Quiroga Santa...
...beatific and even-handed charity of the Catholic Father Paz (David Johnson) persuades little better. The exclusive focus on the dutiful and kindly stereotype of the priest--a role Johnson plays with subdued control--shuts out any insights into the tension and passion of a man so close to the heart of the revolutionary upheaval. The unending saccharine sweetness manifests itself again in the angelic religious devotion of Rodrigo's brother Manuel (Phillip Windemuth), who delivers his lines with unwavering child-like idealism...
...just as important an influence was that of Latin American poets, such as Neruda, Huidobro, Gabriela, Mistral, and Octavio Paz. "Our (contemporary Latin American novelists') language is possible because the poets offered it. Poets like Neruda discovered local rhythms and the circular sense of time of our culture. And Borges, one of the founders of modern Latin American literature, taught us that the Spanish language was good for something other than making speeches...
Other circumstantial evidence of Argentine involvement includes ammunition and ration boxes marked MADE IN ARGENTINA that have been found in La Paz. A Bolivian official who was detained at Miraflores reported that one of his interrogator-torturers referred to him as che, a common term of familiarity in Argentina. U.S. analysts believe that Garcia Meza would not have acted had it not been for assurances of Argentine financial support following the takeover. Said a senior U.S. State Department official: "Argentine fingerprints are all over this thing...
...Paraguay, recognize it. Tin miners continue a costly strike ($1.5 million a day in lost export earnings). Not even all the military approve of the coup: Garcia Meza's reshuffling of troop commanders is seen as a clear sign of suspect allegiance. Archbishop Jorge Manriquez Hurtado of La Paz and Bolivia's Council of Bishops have condemned the junta for creating a "climate of violence." On Aug. 6, Independence Day, the day he probably would have been chosen President, Siles Zuazo announced from his hideaway that he was forming a clandestine "government of the Bolivian people." He called...