PRO-CUBA POSITION
SANTIAGO DE CHILE -- Luis Vitale, a well-known Trotskyist leader of this country, has been sentenced to 541 days of exile at Curepto, a town in the south. - oo
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~The truth is that Vitale, together with other Trotskyists, has been persecuted for some years. In May 1962.the witchhunting was increased. In October, at the time of the crisis over Cuba precipitated by the U.S. government, Vitale had to go into hiding to avoid persecution from the political police. seneadeenieretitiegte neon reias
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Expressions of solidarity with Vitale have been received 3 from various political and trade-union sectors of the left, i . In the Senate a bill proposing a general amnesty has been ; Submitted, It will be a long process to win this, howevér.
~ AE Senator Salvado Allende, candidate for the presidency in. : 1964, has also indicated that if he wins he would release oF Vitale, are :
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