After the Army purged its most menacing saber-rattlers (TIME, June 24), Paraguayans enjoyed some democratic luxuries. Newspapers spoke out; party politicking was resumed; political exiles returned. But last week word filtered out of Paraguay that the good life did not come easy.
The return of one exile, ex-President José P. Guggiari, had been too much for volatile university students. They cherished an ancient grudge against him: his police had shot down students who demonstrated against concessions to Bolivia in the Chaco. That was on Oct. 23, 1931. Last month Guggiari got a rousing homecoming reception from members of his Liberal Party....
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