Program Number: 23

Contents: In Buenos Aires, the police foil a plot to assassinate visiting Chilean President Pinochet; in Peru, the military and peasant groups disagree on agrarian reform; the blackmarket trade in dollars flourishes in Argentina; Octavio Paz levels criticism at late Mexican painter, David Alfaro Siqueiros; Colombian government implements measures to improve the living conditions of peasants; French economist comments on new institutions created by left-wing military regimes; U.S. dollar is holding its own in Latin America; OAS figure claims the Latin American Indian has avoided conquest of his spirit through passive resistance; and in San Pablo, Colombia, a recent disagreement between the judge and the town's mayor creates an unusual sequence of events. Interview: Dr. Walt N. Rostow, White House advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, discusses Latin American affairs. (14:20)

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[Air Date]: June 2, 1975

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