The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-30

minded. In Uruguay the voters csl Nov. % elected Dr. Juan Jose Af1e. zagas, as president for four years ife and VicesPfesidens~ Elect AL berto 0uanf. are both pledged to carry on the hemispherfc unity, ef.
 i.Axis policies of President Alffe. do paldoniF. They will take office in February.
 Argentina's President Roberto W Ortiz. who retired temporarily due to serious illness in the summer 0l t040, resigned June 24, when he be- came convinced that his ailments were iilcufable. and Vice. President Ramon 6. Castillo, who had been serving as acting president, succeed cd him. Ortiz died three weeks after his resignation,
 Castillo, who has repeatedly stat. cd that the Argentine people dssffe to keep clear Of the waF, maintained his administrators policy Of "pFUs dent neutrality" based on coHtinu. ance Of relations with tire Axis, The nationwide state Of siege, enacted in December, ie4i, was strengthen cd with restrictions Of press sad public meetings.
 Peru and EcuadoF ended . esn- tufy-old boundary dispute tlsas, ir i04f, flafed into aFNned conflict. The protocol settling the dispute was signed ct Rio de JanefrO near tfse end of January just before the con. ference Of foreign ministers casse t0 c close. It was the last major boundary dispute inst existed on the Western HeRfspaefe, and the agreement removed c serious threat to continental peace,
 4 number Of heads of state aHd other high atin-AfMeffeaH officials visited tlse United States during tfse year. They included President Man. uef Prad0, Of Peru; President To- peg, Of Colonsbia, shortly before his inauguration. President Carlos Af- foyo del Rto Of Ecuador, apd Pfest- dent Fulesnci0 Batfsta of Cwfa, Foreign Ministers CasYaetol0 Para Perez of veneNseia. Ezequiel PaGfl~ Ia, Of Mexico, and Carlos 9alazar Of Guatemala, aiso made formal visits.
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 During the year, the United States made . number Of important agreements with various Letfn- American countries. Among them were pacts with Mexteo foF atd te her mining and industry and for re- mobilization of her railways
 There were industrial aud serl- cultural pacts with Peru; tndustFtaI, agricultural and highway agree fsents with Bolivia: important agreements with BFazfl, including aid for development of her fron ere aud for preliminary santtation work leading to the opening ct the vast Ariazon Bastn territory to industry, agriculture and trade.
 The United States Rubber Re- serves Co. made arrangements with aiI Tubber-pFcducing countries Of Latiu-AmeFica, setting prices for crude rubber which gave great en- couTssemert for the development of ti1at strategic product.
 WoFk was pushed o1 many see- ticns of the Pan-Auerican High way. especially in Central America, with the atd of United states mate fials and technical experts.
 Determined to deal Ti9oruCsiy with espionage, the Cuban govern nent was the first Latin American country at war to eondemu and execute q spy. Heinz August Lun- ing, c German. fell before the rifles of an army firing squad after Pses- ident Battsta refused to grant him eIemeney. He was convicted on charges of sending out shipping i'm formation to submarine command CTS.
 4 number of espionage and pro- paganSa agents in Brazil were com sicted and sentenced to long prison terms.