Argentina's Foreign Minister Juan A. Bramuglia had saved his surprise for the last minute. Diplomats had expected that Argentine insistence on a veto would drag out the drafting of a hemispheric defense treaty at the Rio Conference that opens this week (TIME, Aug. 11). But just before boarding ship for Rio, Bramuglia made a startling announcement: his country would bow to majority decisions after all. Maybe there was more to Juan PerĂ³n's current "peace offensive" than the pundits had thought.
Time for Fun. Though Brazilians in particular still thought they had better keep a sharp eye for new Argentine tricks,...