MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Next to a loyal army commander, there is nothing so important to a Latin American dictator as the blessing of the archbishop. Even when the Catholic Church is hostile — as it now is in many military regimes — no government actively
January 11, 1977 On The Road — We’re picking up momentum now, moving north. It’s coming up on midnight, I see by the digital clock overhead. We scooted through downtown Atlanta on 1-75 without being noticed. Chattanooga is up ahead, then Knoxville — “malfunction
December 3, 1976 New York City — I have this recurring dream, sometimes it’s a nightmare, in which I’m back at West Point, still a cadet. All kinds of weird things are going on, like in a regular dream. Real people and real faces
ASUNCION, Paraguay — Travel posters and guidebooks notwithstanding, Paraguay’s much-touted Jesuit missions are no place for a tourist. Not nowadays at least, with military checkpoints on every road and whole villages under siege. So frightened are the people in the region of the missions that
October 4, 1976 Denver, Colo. — At this writing, more than 50% of the West Point class of 1969 has resigned from active duty service in the Army. The class had a five year service obligation after graduation, and on June 4, 1974, many
