Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-14
AMERICAN DOLLAR, IS BLAMED
FOR BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION
Feeling Against U. S. Grow
ing, Declares Venezuelan
Soldier of Fortune.
Gen. NogaIes Scores Embargo
on Arms Recently Raised
Against Rebels.

The American dollar can be directly
blamed for the revolution now raging
in Brazil, according to Gen. Rafael de
Nogales, world-famed soldier OF fortune,
Venezuelan revolutionist, cowboy and
economist. now in Washington.
at Is the fear that President-elect
Prestes of Brazil may have entered into
secret agreements with American f1nan-
cial interests or American trusts during
his recent visit to the United States
which has caused a considerable por-
ton of BraZil'S 100000 inhabitants
to raise the standard of rebellion in q
misguided effort to save from foreign
American dollar control the country's
chief product for eXport-coffee," Gen.
Nogales declared today.
1T is not true, of course" he de-
clared, that President-elect PreStes has
dickered with American money inter-
ests or American trusts for financial
control Of the country's coffee output
but SO suspicious have the people of the
various Latin American countries be-
come of the investors of American dol
lars that the mere fact that President
elect Prestes came into the very strong
hold of the American dollar was enough
to fan into flame BraZilS national re-
sentiment against the investment of
American dollars in that country"
Gen. Nogales sees the American dol
lar as the underlying factor in the
political situation of several Central
and South American republics.
Would Stop Systematic Corruption"
THE main reason why 'juntas' Of
regular army officers are taking the
initiative in the resumption Of normal
political and economic conditions in
our Latin-American republics" he de-
clared, lis to stop the systematic cor
ruption which the financial agents of
certain foreign interests have been SOW
ing among the professional politicians
Of our republics in order to get conces-
SionS, monopolieS, ETC., which they
would never have had a chance to get
in constitutional, bona fide govern
ments, like that Of Uruguay, for in
stance.
In order to attain their aims" he
continued, these individuals have
sponsored, and even backed up materi-
ally, radical elements, as was the case
recently in Honduras.
Many Of these promoters, If caught
at their work in the United States,
would go TO jail. In many cases in the
tin-American republics they enjoy
o measure of official backing from the
United States Government. These men
even go so far as to threaten the Latin
American countries with armed inter
vention by the United States If the
citizens of the republics dare protest
against or interfere with their trans
actions.
"The inconceivable ruthlessness of
some foreigners in the Latin-American
republics, particularly American oil
promoters, has created in Latin Amer.
lea q sentiment not only OF distrust but
in many cases outright hatred Of every
thing American
Cites Ecuadorian Resentment.
s'Thiss feeling Is evident to such an
extent that recently when DR.. Isidro
Ayora, President of Ecuador, mentioned
publicly his intention of appointing q
board OF American specialists to reor-
ganize the finances of the country, the
public Immediately became so incensed
that the military junta which had put
DR.. Ayora In power came within an
inch OF asking him TO resign.
Everybody who studies Latin-Ameri-
can affairs. except the people of the
United States, knows that the real rea-
son why President Siles Of Bolivia re-
Gently was ousted from power by q
military junta was because he had been
on the brink Of disposing Of most Of