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EMBARASSMENT AT EGYPT’S ANTI-COMMUNIST TRIALS CATRO — The courts and police faced embarassment during the trials of persons accused of taking part in demonstrations last January

against government price hikes. One defendent had been working for

UNESCO in Paris for the past nine years and wasn’t even in the country. Another was charged with ‘‘belonging to the Marxists’ be-

cause police found a copy of Gorky’

s ‘‘Mother’ in his apartment. Still

another defendant had died one week before the January events.

~ ° . *FHANKS TO A RUSSIAN KID’ NEW YORK — Louisa Serrano said she would tell her two children <that “their father is living thanks to a Russian kid.’’ She made the “somment as she watched her husband being wheeled into a hospital

room for a check on the new kidney transplanted into his body last

week in a New York hospital. The kidney was flown from Moscow, where it had been taken from a 16-year-old youth killed in an | auto-

mobile accident.

As for Jose Serrano, who is living today because of the international transplant, he said in Spanish translated by his young wife: ‘‘I would like to visit them (the family of the Soviet youth) ifI can and bring them a gift, something from my country, Puerto Rico.”

BRAZILIAN YCL LEADER MURDERED

’ The World Federation of Democratic Youth has issued a bulletin in memory of Jose Montenegro de Lima, first sec- retary of the Brazilian Com- munist Party Youth who has been murdered by the Brazilian

After living in severe under- ground conditions since the military coup in 1964, Jose Montenergo de Lima became a

- target of the oppressive ap- paratus. He was finally kidnap- ped and murdered after suffer- ing savage tortures.

“He died a hero’s death,” the WFDY tribute says, “sticking to his aims and his ideals to which ‘he devoted his entire life. His name will forever remain an example and a banner for meek democrats the world over .

JOSE MONTENEGRO de LIMA .

_U.S. pressured to renew ties with Cuba

The renewal of diplomatic rela- tions between Cuba and Costa Rica; after a 14-year break, further signalized the climate of normalization under way in the

Caribbean. Costa Rica, as had

‘most other Latin American na-

_ tions, broke diplomatic and trade

relations with socialist Cuba un-

der pressure from the U.S.-con- ‘trolled Organization of American States.

It had, however, along with Mexico, Argentina and several other states, fought through to get the OAS-sanctioned blockade lifted in 1975. The U.S. is now facing a number of immediate

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questions in atmosphere of normalization. - President Carter has indicated he wants better relations with a number of states.— Vietnam, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq and Cuba. Opportunities for such re- lations with-Cuba present them- selves immediately in three areas: On March 1, 1977 the new U.S. 200-mile fisheries limit takes ef- fect. Cuba, situated 90 miles from Florida, has let it be known that it would like to discuss.the matter. On March 15, 1977 the U.S.

‘travel ban to Cuba expires. Here,

unless the Carter administration renews it, Americans will be able to travel to Cuba without facing State Department sanctions.

On April 15, 1977 the Cuba- U.S. anti-hijacking agreement expires and the Cuban govern- ment would like to discuss this question in conjunction with a whole range of matters with a view to normalizing relations.

Failure of U.S. policy in the Caribbean to isolate Cuba has be- come increasingly apparent. Fu- ture responses tO the new situa- tion in the area will indicate the United States’ attitude in coming months and whether Carter has begun replacing a belligerent U.S. posture with one of realism.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—MARCH 11, 1977—Page 8

Pressure Canadian government to break relations with Chile

By JACKIE GREATBATCH

TORONTO — ‘‘Nothing to the junta, nothing from the junta!”’, is the slogan of an international campaign by s&pporters of Chi- lean democracy to promote a boycott on import and export trade with the fascist government of that country.

The boycott, which began Feb. 1 of this year, and a campaign to free missing prisoners are the is- sues being focused on by Chilean refugees and their supporters, and they are being brought to the at- tention of North Americans by Luis Meneses and Jorge Frias, two representatives of the Chi- lean Central Workers Federation

(CUT) Exterior Committee, now |

on a continental tour.

The two men have spoken in the United States, and are work- ing their way across Canada. They spoke in Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, and, on Feb. 25, in To- ronto.

The Toronto meeting, co-

sponsored by the CUT National Committee of Canada, the Cana- dian Labor Congress (CLC) and the Toronto Committee in Sol-

idarity with Democratic Chile,

also featured John Harker, direc- tor of CLC. international affairs and Ontario Federation of Labor (OFL) Secretary-Treasurer, Terry Meagher.

Acrowd of about 200 heard the two Canadian trade unionists ex- press their overwhelming support for the campaigns, and _ their promise of aid to the campaigns to the greatest extent possible.

Meagher, who chaired the meeting, made a plea for all Canadians to participate in. the

boycott on Chilean products and .

to press the federal government to take a responsible stance’ on the question of trade with Chile. (At present the government does not have an embargo on Chile and is in the process of granting a loan to the junta.)

The two CUT speakers briefly described present conditions in their homeland. Trade unions are banned, strikes illegal, wages fro- zen, and the unemployment rate is at least 20%. Those who do have jobs find it impossible to provide the basic needs of their families, thus millions of young children suffer from malnutrition.

The state of emergency which the fascist junta imposed upon the country after its illegal overthrow of the Allende government is still in effect three-and-a-half years la- ter, thus ‘‘allowing’’ the junta, through its brutal police and armed forces to arrest and hold people without trial. Concentra- tion camps throughout the coun- try are filled with thousands of such people, some who have been held since the first days of the coup.

Luis Meneses, who serves as the secretary general of CUT’s exterior committee, paid homage to those in Chile who are struggl- ing to restore democracy. He said the best salute to them is to con- tinue the fight outside the coun- try.

Whatever actions the fascists take, Meneses said, they will be unable to destroy the Chilean people’s fight for freedom. This is shown by the fact that the state of emergency is still in effect, al- though the junta had claimed it would lift it within a year after the takeover.

Luis Meneses and Jorge Frias two representatives of the Chilean Central Workers Federation (CUT) Exterior Committee, now on a conti nental tour.

Meneses earlier urged Cana- dian trade unions to continue par- ticipation in the movement for democracy in Chile, saying there were many areas to cover if a trade boycott was not possible. He noted that meetings such as the one here, were taking place all over the world on the 24th an- niversary of the founding of CUT.

The audience cheered at the

announcement that Chile had

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withdrawn the name of Mario Ar nello as ambassador to Canada. Arnello is linked to the Chilean secret police, DINA. Protests by | Canadians, Chilean refugees liv- | ing in Canada and by editorial writers in many daily newspapers forced the junta to pull his name back or risk a scandal over his” appointment and draw greater at- tention to the trade relations be- | tween Canada and Chile.

North America.

maximum profits.

Chilean fascist will not be ambassador to Canada

The vigorous campaign to prevent Mario Arnello being accredited as the Chilean junta’s ambassador to Canada met with success last week as Chile withdrew his name. Arnello, (see Tribune, Feb. 28) a notorious nazi, was put forward as ambassador and fears were expressed that this was a move to strengthen the role of the Chilean political police (DINA) in

The announcement of Arnello’s name brought a wave of letters, articles and editorials, especially from Quebec, against his appointment. Even for the bloody junta, this criminal’s am- bassadorship here became impossible and there is specula- tion Canada may have pressured Chile to come forward with someone more “acceptable” for the job.

The Arnello episode, however, showed two important things: first that the junta is riddled with right wing criminal elements in high positions and Canada’s diplomatic and economic ties with that regime is a disgrace to this country. The copper develop- ment scheme planned by Noranda in face of fascist crimes in Chile illustrates the lengths to which corporations will go for

Second, the withdrawal of Arnello re-emphasizes that public protests are effective; that theycan force change when actively pursued and widely expressed.

The campaign in solidarity with the Chilean people should not stop here. Canadians have a responsibility to block the Noranda deal, end the obscene relations with this bloody re- gime by our government at every level, open our doors to

_Chilean patriots who are victims of one of the most repressive military coups in history. This recent success shows that, with a concerted public effort, these things are possible.

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