Diario las Américas., 1958-08-21
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The UnHsd States Are 10 Blame

Ever since this column started
to. appear, about q year and o
half ago, we have pointed out
with theological sincerity the
many errors that have been COM
mitted by the United States in
their inter-American relations,
particularly as concerns their at
titude toward the dietatorships
that Cypress some of the peoples
of the Hemisphere, and also the
extraordinarily and alarmingly
complacent behavior of some Am.
bassadors of the Washington
Government with regard to some
relationships.
We really believe that the
moral and political influence of
the great North American de.
mocracy could have been more
beneficial to all the nations of
the continent, if those influences
had been well oriented in the
sense of encouraging the opera.
ton of democracy in all of our
Republics. Perhaps by this time
the relationships would be- mex.
istent in the Antilles, as well as
the one existing in a. Central
American Republic which is of
a dynastic nature, or the one
existing in South America, if. in
harmonious collaboration with
the Latin American democratic
regimes, the Washington Gov
eminent had done something
worthwhile to strengthen the re-
publican form of government in
all the member states of the
Inter-American System.
However, our viewpoints with
regard to the attitude of the
United States do not entitle US
nor constitute a reason for US
to say, as some people declare in
an emphatic way, "the United
States are to blame", when they
refer to the serious problems
confronted by America as a re-
suit of the presence of the men,
toned relationships.
With the same sincerity with
which we have pointed out the
errors of the Washington Govern
ment regarding this situation, we
say that it is not true, in our
opinion, that "the United States
are to blame for the presence
Of these relationships as claim
ed in such an absolute manner.
It must be remembered that the
existence Of these regimes is
made possible by many factors of
an internal order which must be
recognized. if replevying meas
ures are to be taken.
Many times it happens, perhaps
for psychological reasons and so
as not to tackle with complicated
and difficult explanations sur.
rounding the internal problems
that create a favorable environ
ment for the relationships, that
it is recoursed to the much re-
peated and absolute accusation
Of the United States, bitterly
and without reserves of any kind,
as if they were solely and mainly
responsible of the existence Of
such tyrannic regimes.
And they are not the only ones
and much less mainly responsible
of the humiliating conditions
existing in American countries.
They are to be blamed, but the
sense Of proportion must be
maintained. Their blame is rela-
tive, and we would like, OF.
course, that it were not so. That
the United States and the other
d e m o CT atic governments las
guilty as the Washington re-
CINE had made everything pos.
sible within reason and the
spirit of the Inter-American Sys-
tenn, to help the oppressed peo-
Piles to drive away the yoke Of
the relationships.
And as concerns the factors Of
a national order, that every citi-
zen, that every leader of the COM
munity, that every civic organizes
ton and every political party,
ask to themselves: lwhat have
we done in a sustained and
particularly, in a cordinated way,
to restore the Republic?... lHow
many efforts have been wasted
in unsynchronized movements.
Have we modified all the re-
sources of a unified civil. resist
ance to GUST tyranny?