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Program Number: 8

 Item — Box: NA

Scope and Contents

Contents: A report on the sport that caused a Danish general to lose his head, sparked a war between two Central American nations, and attracted the biggest T.V. audience in history; in Colombia, bank employees are on strike; for me Bolivian president Hernan Siles Suazo is arrested for ?social agitation?; Colombia's economic situation has worsened due to the high price of oil fixed by the world-wide cartel known as OPEC; a former military dictator of Colombia dies at the age of 75; Mexico emerges as a mediator in an effort to salvage Henry Kissinger's ?new dialogue? and the Buenos Aires conference; a well-executed prison break in Venezuela; in Peru, the govern men takes a tough stand on terrorists of both the right and the left. Interview: Dr. Douglas Earl Horton, consultant to the Inter-American Bank for Reconstruction and Development, discussing agrarian reform in Latin America in general and Peru in particular. (15:00)

Recorded: n/a

Final Production: n/a

[Air Date]: February 17, 1975

Timings: n/a

Repository Details

Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository

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