FULBRIGHT AND LATIN AMERICA

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 116
• Publication Date: May 5, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Mexico, D.F.I A critic on th oci~t:e left. L'roz and Other Latin American
Senator Fulbr?ight's famous speech Enrique Castro Dcicp'Jo, a f
~;rme.r critics fee. that. Fulbright is wrong ifs
criticizing the lack of realism in our~Spanish Communist i,:rier who now lie thinks that Castro is "not a grave'
foreign policy, particularly on such dives in Latin America attacks Fui threat to the Unite ,: States," but "does'
issues as Cuba and Panama, has pre-(bright on fundamentais. He charges pose a grave threat" to L:iiin Ainerica.i
cipitated a spirited discussion south that Fulbright is, in effect, msicing They ask: "Is not a threat to Latin
of the border as well as north of it.jdistinctions between "gag " and "bad" America also a' threat to the United
Indeed, hardly a clay passes without i Communists when he regards .Khrush- States? Hasn't the Senator himself
some Latin American figure making chev as benign and Mao Tze-tan; as said that 'some Communist regimes
some comment, pro or con, on the the real threat, and that that i s dan-`pose a threat to the free world'? Is
Fulbright utterance. gerous. not Latin America part of the free
A sampling of the comment, thus It is true, argues Castro Delgado,' world, and if Castro threat ens it then
far, indicates that the Marxist left in that the ideological crisi of doesn't his regime fall into the above
Latin America is generally in favor ofnism has put Marx inner interdic- icategory established by the Senator?"
Fulbright's basic propositions, while lion, "but it has not done away v:il.li Uroz draws tip an impressive list
other political shades of opinion, rang-Lenin"-both sides in the quarrel ciaim,iof Latin republics where Castro-
ing from the democratic left to the to be the true Leninists. "What Sena- spoitrored guerrilla activities and acts
far right, are opposed. The Marxists. tor Fulbright seems not to have under- of violent subversion are going on at i
(of various nuances) usually praise the stood" is that Communist doctrine this moment, It includes Argentina,
Senator for being "realistic" (his own (Marxism) has been replaced by "a Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama,
stated aim) in advocating "peaceful technique forte the conquest of power Peru, Venezuela, and Uruguay. Even
co-existence" with Castro, and similar, I and the maintenance of it" (Leninism), in Brazil, notwithstanding its recent.
"flexible" policies toward the Com.' The means used by the Communists anti-Communist revolution, the Castro-
munist nations. to take power may vary-Castro Del Communist threat has nqt been corn-
Those Latin Americans who disagree gado cites the different roads take,i in tleH rernoved. 0'ne might.add to
with the Senator maintain that, rot-'Russia, Czechoslovakia and Cuba-but Ltoi', list these countries where it
withstanding his plea for "realism," the final goal is always the sane. also exists: Dominican' Republic,.
he does not have a realistic grasp of What he fears, above all, is that Flit- Guatemala and Honduras. Finally,
the situation here, and that his ideas bright's "realistic flexibility" spells; there is the increasing Cuban-hacked
are sowing confusion among our'ultimate capitulation to the Comrnu- J violence in the colony of British
Western-oriented . neighbors and play- nists as in the case of Yalta. (Castro i Guiana.
ing into Communist hands. Delgado lived in the U.S.S.R. from On the very day' that. i'rtlhright
Although Fulbright said that the the end of the Spanish Civil War spoke, the Argentine Government
Communist power to fear today is Re'd through 1944 and studied Stalin's tear-jclain,rrl to have proof that a band of
China, not the Soviet fear Union, his co time policies at first hand.) CCommunist guerrillas operating in the'
existence-with-Castro line is supported The centrala
criticism of the ul. north were under leaders who liad
by Latin America's "Moscow" and l been trained in Cuba, and that it
bright speech in Latin America :~Imaintained contact, with Cuba as well
"Peking" Communist faction,; alike that his plea for "realism" r ,rior?t
:Both, in spite of the rising bitternes5; ~ as with similar terrorist groups in
of the Sino-Soviet dispute, express the t`ie harshest reality nnih of Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela. The
hope that the Senator's "icr,lism" onlborder' and the one lbat most im hand is, only one of many uncoverec:
hope
will Senator's
be extended tolpedes the effort being ;mile to c ,itiin recent weeks by the Ar^entn~. ail-
Cubed C will a "peaceful revolution" through the thorities, in various parts of the cot, ,-;
After all, editorializes 1 : . > Afexican~ Alliance for Progress and similar nrn-';ly. In almost every case, they fe . t ;
rams: the ruthless campaign of much, to a,; ni::
Marxist dank 1 1.1 Darr, ii r nr,uiunust
Sorel by Casfro's.Cur I~) '( rort proms ndi, and flu riE rrlla
Cuba is "a rtr,agreeahle rr,i+'y" (Fnl-jlent revolution es ery vhcr::n the a.: . ,,,riiinr-, of Mao Tze-tuns and "Chef
bright's wo roi us but a ii lily ally Thus, Antonio Uroz, the ?impori,nt. Guevara, in the raids. At least ono
the sameit, in P f it ie th con
same in r ;;n of China?" colwnnist of the Mexico Cily riniiy,Cuban guerrilla instructor appro
El Universal, calls the Fulbri ht bonded,'at a camp in the province of
tinrrtr,: it been a stubborn rlrs speech "a violent blowy at his owiaSalta.
regard for i ty to have denied foci State. Department: and a denial of 211'
fifteen ; at 'there is only one
China, n China'?" (The quotedtlat is happening in our America pre
i
'phrase is i r o n - , Fulbright.) cisely due to the agitation provoked
by Fidel Castro." IAiTu3~
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an Organization of American States in-
vestigating commission has corrobo-
rated the proof, that Castro is guilty
of supplying arms to the FALN and
of sending in money and propaganda
all designed to overthrow the , demo
More disturbing, in a sense, is th,: cratic government. Neither Castro nor'
case of Peru, where a Left-of.cente the FALN; despite the fact that it is.
Government trying to carry grit Se;,r,l an abhorred tiny minority, has given
tor Fulbright's prescription for ,ip that aim. Yet in Venezuela, as in
''peacefil revolution" is impede, b..:eighbo~ing Peru, a left-of-center gov-
persistent violence in the countiysA ernment is in power and is trying to
provoked by Castro-backed Coniniu make a "peaceful, revolution."
'nists. In February, thousands of Corr.
munist-led peasants in Cuzco carried There is so much detailed evidence
out a series of land invasions, result- of Castro-backed guerrilla activities
.ing in many casualties, which the and other forms of violence through-
Government charged "formed part of out Latin America that one could liter-
.a plan perfectly structured and di- ally write volumes on the subject. As
rected by extremist Communist ele- La Nacion of Buenos Aires noted,
ments designed to subvert order and just one day after the Fulbright
create chaos" throughout Peru. speech:
Again, as in Argentina's case, the "There isn't a Latin American ' re-
Peruvian authorities have frequently public which, in the last three. years,
come across Red terrorist encamp-! has not confirmed within its own terri='
ments containing varying quantities of tory something of that which Vene-
, arms and propaganda. Since the be- 7.nela has revealed in its totality.
ginning of this year, there has been! Those governments most complacent
a noticeable increase in Castro' about the Cuban regime have not
Communist subversion and violence inl been excluded from C'astristct aggres
Peru. ?ion."
In Venezuela, though the Castro Senator Fulbright would doubtless
backed Communist terrorists received lot. arene with the .facts. of "Castrista
two body blows with the conduct of aggression" presented by Uroz 'and
a peaceful election in December and other Latin Americans. His answer, as
a peaceful inauguration of a ne.w contained in his speech, is that it is
President in March, fresh acts of vio- up to the Latin Americans themselves
fence are being committed ahnoit~to deal with it, through the OAS. The
daily. Moreover, the Communists' i.atin reply to that, however, is that
guerrilla arm, the so-called. Arnud:O S action-for example,. on Vene
Forces of National Liberation (FALN ), ?,r,ela's proposals for action against
remains intact, as do most if not all Castro-is impossible unless the
of its encampments. ignited States takes the leadership in
The Venezuelans, of course, 'hare ; pressing for it.
proved beyond the slightest, doubt, and Practically speaking, there is now
,irnbably a better chance to get strong
OAS approval for the Venezuelan pro-
nosals, with Brazil apparently ready'
o line up solidly with the anti-Castro
forces. But the Latin Ame?i roans, in-
f iding possibly the Brazilians ?a, well,
would still expect the United Staos to
ake the lead-or, better put, to seri-
lusly follow Venezuela's leadership.
That is all the more true since the
ulbright speech, which has given
,tin America the impression that, its
great northern neighbor is divided and
onfused with regard to the 'Hespi-
r.phere's most aggravating problem.
MAY 5 1964
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