Program Number: 17

Contents: A controversy in Lima over the role of the press in the Peruvian revolution; from Colombia a bizarre story of a religious ritual of self-flagellation; the Latin American nations reaffirm their independence from the U.S. while seeking greater cooperation among themselves; an extremist plot in Argentina has been thwarted by the nation's security forces; Bolivia's right-wing military government has denounced a Church-sponsored petition as subversive; Colombia and the Soviet Union have signed a credit agreement in which Colombia will import goods and equipment from the USSR; Venezuelan President Perez responds to accusations that the Andean countries are subverting the development of the Latin American Free Trade Association; a meeting in Lima may mark the beginning of effective arms limitation controls in Latin America; and Laura Allende, sister of the late president Salvador Allende, comments on the Chilean military. Interview: Dr. Jorge Hardoy, urban planner from the Center of Urban and Regional Studies, Di Tella Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina, discusses migration and migrant assimilation and urban land use. (14:17)

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[Air Date]: April 21, 1975

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