In hushed Bogotá, the delegates to the International Conference of American States were ready to talk seriously. Fresh in their minds was the Commie-aided insurrection which had blasted them out of Bogotá's Capitolio, endangered their lives, killed 1,200 Colombians. Owlish Colombian Foreign Minister Zuleta Angel rose quietly. "We will now consider the question of democracy in the Americas," he said.
The U.S., along with Chile, Brazil and Peru, had taken the lead in calling for common defense against international Communism. No nation opposed the resolution last week, but Mexico, Venezuela and Guatemala...
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