ARGENTINA: Mouths & Rivers

Hard-hitting Critica, pro-democratic evening newspaper in Buenos Aires, quoted a Chinese proverb: "It is more dangerous to shut the mouth of the people than to change the bed of a river." Last week the regime of President Ramon S. Castillo:

¶ Banned Adolfo Lanus' Campo Minado (Minefield), the scandal-packed expose of Nazi activities in Argentina and the Administration's sly acquiescence.

¶ Expelled a U.S. citizen, Lecturer Waldo Frank, for saying in an open farewell letter that Argentina's foreign policy "secretly humiliates and offends Argentines." Twenty-four hours later, six pluguglies representing themselves as...

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