Abstract

Editorials

This article focuses on the political scenario in the U.S., as of November 30, 1964. Senator Barry Goldwater has suggested that the political parties in the U.S. should be realigned, one "liberal" and one "conservative." The existing consensus developed as an aspect of the so-called bipartisan foreign policy, which emerged after World War II. For the first time, foreign policy became the dominant issue and, in a period of great tension, the plea for "unity" prevailed. A large part of the population of Latin America lives on the verge of starvation and many, directly or indirectly, die of it. A tiny minority lives in baronial splendor and has fortunes stashed away in foreign banks just in case their agreeable arrangements should miscarry. To guard against this unpleasant eventuality, Latin American nations keep, about 500,000 men under arms at an annual cost well in excess of $1.5 billion.