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Inter - American News for English - Speoking people @ 4 SAN ROMAN President FRANCISCO AGUIRRE Vice President and Pablisher Antonio Ruiz Managine Editor &. Ww Vice THE AMERICAS DAILY _For a better understanding between the Americas MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958 8. 3MITB Vtee President HORACIO AGUIRRE Vice eresident Editor and Manager Eliseo Riera-Gomez Advt. & Cire Mer . SMITR President Publisheo daily except Monday — Entered as second class matter ut the Post Office of Miam) Springs fla. op February § 1956. EDITORIAL INTERNATIONAL ; HUMAN In an - exclusive PROTECTION OF RIGHTS , interview with THE AMERICAS DAILY, which we published yesterday, the President of | Costa Rica declared that the question of Human Rights is no longer of exclusive i State, but has become an int In developing this thesis, the illustrious Latin Amer- | ican statesman brought out co trinary value, mentioning, at the same time, international { juridical instruments which support it. When, on several occasions, we have commen internal jurisdiction .of each ernational responsibility. ncepts of high moral and doc> ted edi- torially the question of Human Rights, we have stressed the great significance that, in the light of modern law and thought, has the conception that the individual is a subject of international law, in accor the San Francisco Charter, dance with the provisions of which consecrates, in seven passages or clauses, that beautiful truth. According to International Law prior to 1945, only the States were the object of study and regulation. Any question alien to the activities proper of the States, with regard to their international this science. life, had no connection with International agencies, in their respective charters, including the extinct League of Nations, with headquarters at Geneva, used to discuss only the States and the Governments representing them. Now, with the evolution of concepts, the preamble of the United Nations Charter begins with these significant words: We, the peoples of the United Nations, resolved: to preserve future generations from the scourge of war, which twice during our lifetime has in- flicted on humanity untold suffering; to reaffirm the faith in the fundamental. rights of man, in the dignity and value of the human being, in the equality of rights of men and women and of natioi ms large and small; to create conditions under which we can main- tain justice and respect for commitments result- ing from treaties and other sources of interna- tional law: to promote social progress and to raise stand: ards of living unde freedom...” And with that aim, it co: rT a more ample concept of mtinues, the United Nations Organization has been created in accordance with the respective charter. It is therefore, natural, logical and juridical, to have a regime of international protection of Human Rights, which have heen officially proclaimed in the San Francisco Charter. Observance of these rights constitutes, in the part of each government representing its respective State, a binding international commitment. x *. * Latin Ameri nok Ot can Finance and Trade News Reports British M. P. Discusses the Imports of Argentine Meat LONDON (UP)— British mem- | ber of Parliament Anthony Hurd, | discussing the fact that over half} the outbreaks of foot and mouth} disease each ycsr in Britain are caused by imperted infected Ar-| gentine meat, said tonight: “The risk wil! continue until Ar- gentina can make better progress | in steps to put down the disease.” Hurd, one of Jeading agricultur- | al authorities sitting in Parliament was broadcasting over the BBC at the peak listening hour last night. | He has just returned from a vis- it to Argentina where he renewed | talks he had earlier in London with | Argentine Agricultural Minister Alberto Mercier Hurd said that on paper the re- gulations on the shipment of meat from Argentina to Britain were coinprehensive enough but the real) difficulty was the lack of veterin- ary staff to control movement of | cattle in the country. | | He said thai cattle were inclin- ed to pick ‘up the disease en route to the frigorificcs. He said the aim of the Argentine | authorities must be to get a clean bill of health tor all meat sent to Britain. Discussing the suggestion that all Argentine mat importation in- to Britain be halted Hurd said Bri- tain could do without Argentine meat “in time.” First it would be necessary to ‘build up home production and pro- | duction in Australia and New Zea- land which were beginning to send chilled meat here, But he pointed out that Argen- tine beef is of very high quality and amount to 20 per cent of meat consumed in Britain. He added that Britain wants to expand exports to Argentina and could not expect to keep this busi- ness if she cut out imports of Argentine meat, Hurd said the best solution was “to impress firmly on Argtntina that if she wants to remain in our markets she must take firmer steps to put down foot and mouth di- sease and that we will help her all we can.” Ecuadorean Escaped Prisoners Held U. S. Yacht Three Days PASADENA, Calif. (UP)— A yacht carrying seven persons who were held captive three days by 21 Ecuadorean convicts, was ex- pected at Balboa, Canal Zone. ‘the capture and looting of the Southern Califotnia yacht by con- victs irom Isabella Island in the Galapagos group, about 650 miles west of Ecuador. was reported by William Rhodes Hervey, 50, Los Angeles Attorney, by radio-tele- phone. In a call to his brother, Gen. Harcourt Hervey (ret.) of Pasade- na, the attornev said the convicts boarded his yacht the Valinda, from fishing bosts last Saturday and ‘terrorized the boat for three days, General Hervey said his brother reported the men made him sail the yacht towaid Ecuador where they ianded on a beach, robbing Hervey, his wife, Mildred; Frank Olsen, Seattle, and a crew of four. fhe attorney said the convicts were ‘desperate men” who took clothing and money from the yacht’s passengers but did not harm them. ‘Vhe general said his brother ask- ed that the U.S, Navy be notified to protect other vessels in the Gala- pagos Islands area. * * Subscribe te the Americas Daily sANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 19 (UP) | The newspaper ‘El Mercurio,” in a strong editorial criticises the In- | ternational Bank because two of its officials apparently have denied | new credits to Chile, considering | thal the campaing to stabilize the | Chilean economy is not as strong) as they think it should be. The Director of the State Rail-| ways has declaied that he plans to | start negotiations with a Czech mis- | sion, because they were not grant- ed a 25-million dollars credit by the | International Bank for electri- fication of an important section of the railroads. ae The newspaper points out that | the Internationa! Bank has prefer- | Know thy Neighbor By ANTONIO RUIZ VENEZUELA — This South | American couniry has an area of | some 400,000 square kilometers of pastures suitabie for cattle raising, mainly in the “Janos” or plains. The principal cattle zones are the Central and Lower Plains, the Lla- | nos de Monagas, the Unare, Ma- racaibo and Carcra regions and the plains of Venezuelan Guayana. Apure and Guar'co are the leading beef or stock breeding states. The upper llanos of Barinas, Cojedes | and Portuguesa are also important, but here crop farming has been growing at a faster rate than cat- tle raising. The biggest increases in cattle | have occurred in the Andes and | Zulia, Lara and Falcén states, as well as in Anzoategui, Monagas and Sucre. The zones to the north, such as Zulia, and he regions around the larger industrial towns, such as Cavacas and Vaiencia, are dedicat- ed mainly to raising dairy cattle. Of the diary regions, Zulia State is one of the richest. Dairy herds which now number over a million, are growing at the rate of about 15 per cent yearly. Daily milk production in Zulia is about 200,000 gallons, of which some 60,000 are processed. Butter and milk produced in Zulia are marketed throughout the country. In fact, most of the butter consum- ed in Venezuela comes from that region. Powdered milk is manufac- tured on a large scale. The dairy industry of Zulia is characterized by constant efforts to improve and modernize every phase of produc- tion. In the year 1948, the Institute of Veterinary search established the system of acting as consult- | ants for rural veterinary doctors, and material frum veterinary clin- ics throughout the country started | to pour in. A year later, the New| castle disease was isolated and cor- responding vaccine manufactured. Much work was undertaken on the foot and mouth disease which was | proven in Venezuela for the first time during 1950, Since then, the disease has been completely wiped | out, after a vigorous campaign. | requests from | tries, which do not submit con- Chilean Paper Strongly Criticises Loan Policy of International Bank red to aid other regions instead of Latin America and “its directors have put into practice the policies of private financiers of preferring to aid those ~who have sufficient resources and not to take any risks on their loans”, and adds: “Chile is, in this hemisphere, one of the nations. contributing most to maintain the western cause, and which has made great efforts to channel her ecunomy. For the In- ternational Bank our country has | not been worth of greater consid- eralion than that which is, given to totalitarian coun- clusive evidence of having orderly economic policies. “With this way of operation, the | institution harms the democratic | cause and has endangered the pro- gram of economic recovery that its own officials have pointed out as an example.” ~- EXIMBANK LOANS TO LATIN AMERICANS WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (UP). Sa- muel Waugh, President of the Ex- port Import Bark, declared Latin America will be one of the world regions which will benefit most with the increase in the limit of the Bank loans to $2,000,000,000 re- quested by President Eisenhower. However, he said that in view of the continuous down fall in the price of raw materials, Latin Ame- rica will continue facing diffi- culties in the concession of loans. After having spoken with Sec- retary of State, John Foster Dulles, about world problems, Waugh made this declaration to a re- porter of United Press. He said this is one of the inter- views he often has with Dulles in order ‘to keep him well posted about the Bank’s negotiations, Argentina Signs Trade Agreement With Hungarians Viena, Feb. 19 (UP) Argen- tine and Hungary signed a com- mercial agreement for export of Hungarian merchandise to Argen- tine in the amount of approximate- ly $2,300,000. The Argentine Commercial De- legation headed by Trade Vice-Min- ister, Raul Ondarts, signed last night the agreement with high of- ficials of the Hungarian Trade Min- istry, Ondarts, now travelling with the Delegation through the countries of the Communist group, declared his country will import telephone mining equipment and machinery. Ondarts said he received “ a very favorable offer from Hungarian authorities” for railroad installa- tions in the amount of $500,000. “We will consider the offer — he said —. It may be possible that we | sign an agreement in Prague on this purchase at the end of this month”, The Trade Argentine Mission has already visited the countries of the During 1952, zonal research into the parasitic disease of cattle in | El Tuy area: was extensive and | highly successful. The Institute al-| so has been taking an active part | |in the campaign: against canine rabies during the last few years. | More than five million bolivars worth of biological and pharma- ceutical products have been pre-| pared during the last few years by | the Institute. It has also regularly cooperated with rural veterinary iron curtain, Soviet Union, Po- | land, Czechoslovakia, and Romania. It will ‘continue the visit to Yugos- Javia and Bulgzria. The Delegation will return back to Prague at the end of this month in order to sign an additional agree ment with Czechoslovakia. The Mission already signed an agree- ment with Czechoslovakia in the amount of $16,900,000 two weeks ago. stations throughout the country, | sending medicines for the preven- | tion and treatment of animal di-| seases: | The results of scientific research are published at intervals, and more than fifty publications have been issued. The Institute of Ve- terinary research also maintains active contact with similar organi- zations in other countries of the world. Cattle was first introduced in | Venezuela around the time of the foundation of the city of Coro, in 1527, If seems that the founder of Coro imported a small herd from Santo Domingo, By the year 1546 there were some 300 head of cattle in El Tocuyo. Two years later, Cristobal Rodriguez introduced cattle to the iianos, which today are Venezuela's most important stock breeding region. During the two and a half centuries that follow ed, livestock continued to grow in the country, many of the early set- tlers bringing cattle and other farm animals with them, One of the last regions to see cattle raising activi- ties was the Venezuelan Guayana, where cattle were introduced first by Catalonian monks in 1725, Spanish Version Page 3 | HEMISPHERIC EVENTS Sixteen Killed, 50 Injured in. Quito Bus Crash QUITO, Feb. 17. (UP),—Sixteen persons were killed and fifty in- jured, 21 of them seriously, when a bus crashed against the wall of the Convent of San Agustin. The bus was speeding down through Mejia st. when brakes fail- ed due to excess of weight. The tragedy occured in the een- ter of the city. “Some of the victims were bur. ied in the remains of the bus; others were thrown out by the impact of the shock. Some bodies Guatemala fo be Governed by the People - Ydigoras Says TEGUCIGALPA, Feb. 19. (UP).| |Gen. * Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes,| President-elect of Guatemala, in a Speech in the Legislative Assem- bly, at a session held in his honor, said he desires to lead his country toward a sovereign and free de- mocratie nation, governed by the people. The Government, he added, will «ly endeavor to make of Guate- mala a strong country within the group of democratic nations. He also added it is his purpose | to strengthen friendship ties be- tween Guatemala and the other Central American countries. He also said he wishes to establish |new economic relations between Guatemala and Honduras. Modesto Rodas Alvarado, Presi- dente of the Legislative Aseembly, greeted Ydigoras, with a beautiful speech. After the meeting was over, the President - elect and his party attended a reception, offered by President Ramén Villeda Morales, |and his wife, in the blue room of the Presidential House. Later they attended the inauguration of the theatre season “in the House of Culture”. YDIGORAS TO STAY AT BLAIR HOUSE WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (UP). The President-elect of Guatemala, Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes, will stay | iat Blair House, mansion dedicated |to house the guests of Presidents of the United States, when he vi- sits Washington next Sunday. Ydigoras Fuentes will have talks with President Eisenhower Mon- day, atid he will address the Coun- jcil of the Organization of Ameri- can States on uesday, before leav- ing the same day on his return trip to Guatemala. Well informed sources said Ei- senhower has placéd Blair House at the disposal of the President- elect, as a gesture of friendship toward the Guatemalan people, although “Ydigoras’ visit is not of- ficial. ' oe tn et SENATOR SMATHERS SAYS IT CLEARLY WASHINGTON (UP)— Sen. George Smathers of Florida put it this way when he told the Senate that Latin American countries needed United States help: “They don’s want lectures, They want a lift. “They don’t need advice. They need assistance. “They don’t need another study... they want to be assured of stable, consistent trade poli- cies with the United. States so they can plan the years ahead...” |EX MINISTER’S ARREST |ORDERED IN COLOMBIA BOGOTA, —(UP).— Arrest of Luis Morales Gémez, Finance Mi- |nister during the Rojas Pinilla dictatorship, was ordered by Judge | Oscar Echeverri, in charge of pro- secution for adulteration of the balances of the “Banco Prendario | National” (National Pawn Shop), ordered personally by Morales to |cover the state of bankruptcy of that institution, a dependency of the Banco Popular managed by Morales, Morales has disappeared, and in- |quiries in several embassies re- |sulted in denials that he has Destined for HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 19. (UP) Federal Agents are keeping cus- tody of a 115 ft. yacht and a ship- ment of arms and ammunition, believed to be destined for a rey- olution in Cuba. They also held Alberto Pujol, 42-year old Cuban, The arms and ammunition were confiscated in a raid in a house at Seabrook, Gal- veston Bay. Pujol was arrested in the red, gray and black yacht, anchored in a dock of Kemah, Galveston Bay. Pujol told the Federal Internal Revenue Agents and to the Cus- toms Service, which made the raid, that he is a friend of the yacht’s owner, Manuel Marquez, who had been previosly arrested in Sea- brook. In the raid of the house in Sea- brook, the Agents found a cache including machine-guns, mortars, bazookas and ammunition. The house was unoccupied when the Agents came. Three men, including a 44-year old ex-sergeant of the Cuban Ar- my, Pedro Luis Chaviano Reyes, who was indicted for conspiracy port arms in a military expedition against the Cuban Government, in violation of the American Neutra- lity -Law, were accused to violate in New York Feb. 13th, to trans-| . §. Agents Seize Arms and Ammunition From Cubans in Houston, Texas Machine-Guns, Other Arms Believed Revolution in Cuba the law against possession of arms. Also Silverio Villamia, 34 years old, who said to be now an Amer- ican citizen, and Francisco Obre- gon, arrested in Houston, were formerly accused for violation of law against possession or arms. | The accusation against Obregén | was droppead, and he was released, | subject to a process of deporta- tion. REBELS. EVADE ARMY FORCES HAVANA, (UP). — About 400 |rebels in eastern Cuba evaded the hills Tuesday night, ending four days of fighting in which at, least 29 persons were killed. and 29 wounded. The casualties included 26 reb- 28 rebels, five soldiers and six ci- vilian | wounded. said the rebels escaped an army trap and fled up the slopes of Mt. Bayamesa, second highest peak in the Sierra Maestra. The army dismissed the action as a skirmish, but the rebels said} |they had sored a resounding vic-| tory” by “dispersing government} troop. concentrations” in Oriente Province. NEW YORK, Feb. (UP)— A call for union of all democratic for- ees of Latin America to insure renewal of civil life and avoid pos- sible new dictatorships, was issued here for publicity, with the signa’ tures of more than one hundred personalities, among them several ex Presidents, heads of political parties, and intellectuals. The document begins as follows: “The undersigned, about the immediate future of our America, as happily called by Jo- sé Marti, believe it is opportune to submit some thoughts to the judg- ment of public opinion. They are inspired in the deepest tradition of our peoples regarding civil demo- eracy, which dictatorships would like to destroy” It adds that “our Ameriea is barren field for despotism” and mentions the events of the last three years in Argentina, Colom- bia and Venezuela, where “splen- did demonstrations of genuine re- publican vocation have resulted in victorious, heroic campaigns.” “Peri — it says — was lucky to change from dictatorshp to a civil- ian regime without bloodshed. But the struggle has not ended and we can see it in the desperate battles in Cuba, There is much to be af- firmed, much to rebuild, and some dictatorships still exist, which will be ousted by the inexorable law of the American spirit. Nobody can deny the fact that now we are moving in the democratic direction pointed out by our tradition.” signatures; Jorge Luis Borges, Juan José C tro, Carlos Alberto Ferro, Alberto Gainza Paz, Victoria Ocampo and Francisco Romero, of Argentina. Ex- Presidents Eduardo Santos sought diplomatic asylum. . lied on the street horribly be- headed or crushed. COLOMBIA HAS NOW FIVE PRESIDENTS BOGOTA, - Colombia, —(UP).— Colombia is now the sole country in the world to be governed by five presidents simultaneously. Eeach one of the five members of the Military Government Jun- ta was fully accredited as constitu-| tional president by the mandate of the: Colombian people as ex- pressed in a National Plebiscite Dee. 1, In a ceremony held at the Pre- sidential Palace, the Chief Justiee| of the Colombian Supreme Court bestowed the traditional sash of office and formal presidential ore- and Dario Echandia; presidential candidate Guilermo, Leén Valen- dentials on Maj. Gen. Gabriel Paris; Maj. Gen. Deogracias Fon- seca; Brig. Gen. Rafael Navas Pardo; Brig. Gen. Luis Ernesto Ordéfez and Rear Adm. Rubén Piedrahita. They will rule the country until Aug. 7 when a single President, nominated and elected by the two major political parties in the coun- try will be installed. The five-man Junta took over the power last May 10, when dic- tator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was overthrown by. a military-civiliaw movement, In the Dee. 1 plebiscite an overwhelming majority of the vo- ters approved an ‘agreement con- cluded by the leaders of the Con- servative and Liberal parties|in concerned | The document has the following | Latin American Democratic Forces Called to Unity Against Dictators | cia; German Arciniegas, Gabriel Cano, Leon de Greiff, Fernando Gémez Martinez, Roberto Garcia Pefia, Carlos Lieras Restrepo, Jor- ge Rojas, Hernando Telles and Sil- vio Villegas, Colombia. Manuel Urrutia, Roberto Agra- monte, Manuel Bisbé, Ratil Chibas, Salvador Massiy, Felipe Pazos, Ma- rio Llerena and Roberto Esquinazi- Mayo, Cuba. Ex-President Galo Plaza, José R fael Bustamante, Alfredo Pérez Guerrero and Alfredo Pareja Diez Canseco, Ecuador. Carlos Martinez Duran, Carlos Federico Mora, Alberto Mayor, Da- vida Vela and Alberto Velazquez, Guatemala, Alfonso Reyes, Antonio Gémez Robledo, Isidro Fabela, A. Orfila Reynal, Octavio Paz, Carlos Pelli- cer and Leopoldo Zea, México. Victor Ratil Haya de la Torre and Raul Porra Berrenechea, Pe- ra. Ex-presidents Rémulo Betan- court and Rémulo Gallegos, Vene- zuela. The document, which has more than four pages, says in a para- graph: “The immediate outcome of civil recovery movements will be of a nature that it will make impos- sible in our republics such regimes as those that have disgraced them during the last few years,” “The future of our countries — it adds — cannot be at the mercy of European totalitarian philoso- phies, of arms merchants, of those who to invest capitals look upon dictatorships as the easy way to- ward profits, The security we can offer those arriving in our lands, will be only that of free peoples, responsible thrcugh their laws and its courts. For the defense of the free world, we can only respond with an affirmation of freedom and justice”, Latin American News in Brief whereby for the next 12 years Co- lombia will be governed by a bi- partisan administration and Con- gress. They also recognized the Junta members. as constitutional presidents. ARGENTINE CAB DRIVERS WANT U.S. VEHICLES BUENOS AIRES. (UP). — Ar- gentine cab drivers said they want 30,000 new American cabs to re- place their ancient vehicles. The Argentine Taximen Union said they had asked the Govern- ment to approve the import of the cabs and that at least one U. S. firm had offered six-cylinder four-door cars to be paid for in Argentine. currency over three years, the money to be re-invested Argentina. i government forces and fled into | els and three soldiers killed, with) “innocent bystanders”) | Reports from the battlefront} + Member Inter American Press Association 6 For Liberty, Culture and Hemispheric Solidarity NUMBER 193 Yacht, TEMPERATURE dg centigrade A Magnificent Example of Latin American Solidarity In connection with the regret- table incident of. last Friday, when the former Constitutional President of Cuba, Dr. Carlos Prio Socarrés, was unjustifiably: forced to travel on foot and handcuffed ‘several blocks of | Miami streets on his way to jail, | accused of plotting in the United States to overthrow Batista, a | magnificent example of solidarity | was set by the Latin American members of this community. Regardless of their political relations with the ex-President, regardless also of their nation- alities, the Latin Americans voiced their protest through their political, civic, social and cultural organizations against the affront to which a prominent | figure of Latin American demoe- | racy had been subjected. Members ‘of the “26 of July Movement”, an organization that recently had a serious controver- sy with Prio’s Party, were the first ones to give their message of protest to THE AMERICAS DAILY, as one of the many proofs given by the Latin Amer- ieans that, above all party in- terests, they are moved by a supreme feeling of solidarity which, in their spiritual sensi- tiveness, is more deeply felt in moments oi need. Also, the Directorio Revolu- cionario, which has too had its disagreements with Dr. Prio, voiced its protest. We point out only these two groups of the Cuban sector for the reasons explained above and not because the leaders of the other parties or the other as sociations mentioned at the beginning do not merit the ref- erence. Regarding the position as sumed by the Puerto Rican Dem- ocratic Organization, due to the political nature of this group, which is basically Puerto Rican but, of course, fully identified with the ideals of Panameri- canism, was equally in the spirit of solidarity that gives title to this column. Interpreting the sentiments of its members, the leaders of that Organization act- ed in agreement with the high sense of responsibility that char- acterizes the Puerto. Ricans. The Latin Americans in gene ral should be proud of this feeling of unity that brings th-m together above all group interests, regardless of nation- ality and regardless of political beliefs. Colombian Oil Center Paralized by Strike Protesting Violence BOGOTA. (UP). — The city of Barrancabermeja, main center of the Colombian oil industry, was inactive due a civic demonstration of protest against acts, of violence committed by a group identified ex Tremist as followers of ex-Dic- tator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. The provocation ‘acts did not cause casualties, but a transportation strike was started. The strike in Barrancabermeja coincided with news from Villavicencio, main cen- ter of the southern plains, about the death of ex-guerilla leader Al- varo Parra, who enjoyed great prestige among the guerillas active in those regions from 1950 to 1953. Parra was military aid of Guada- lupe Salcedo, the guerrilla the Chief killed in Bogota last year. He was killed in a restaurant of the city. os Liberal political leader and writ- er, Juan Lozano y Lozano, blamed local authorities for the violence when he referred to the assassina- tion of Parra, and he maintained that his death “seems to be part of gradual elimination plan” of the former guerilla leaders: ~~ poveeciine ania A, CONRIRNT ON MEXICAN WORKERS i THANK U. S, ENVOY MEXICO CITY. (UP).—A group of workers from.the Regional Con- federation of Mexican’ Laborers paid a visit to U. S. Ambassador Robert Hill to thank him for cour- tesies extended them while were on a three month tour of | the States under the auspices of the Office of International Coope- ration. The workers studied the U. $. labor movement, employer-labor relations, and new technical deve-