CHILE: Off With His Right Hand

For nearly four months Chile's President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, whose vineyards and wine complexion brought him the nickname Don Tinto, has had a Cabinet without a single member of his own Radical Party. Last week, however, Don Tinto and his Party got together again.

Bone of contention between the Radicals and Don Tinto was the President's strong right hand, Minister of the Interior Arturo Olavarria Bravo. Minister Olavarria, also a Radical leader, was drummed out of the Party last spring because the Radicals did not care for stronghand methods or for his...

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