LEADER GIVEN SAVAGE SENTENCE
A savage sentence of 19 years in prison was handed down by a military tribunal in Recife against the Brazilian Communist party leader Gregorio Becerra February 23. Becerra is 70 years old and has been held in prison since April 1964, the month Castelo Branco seized power. Becerra was accused of “subversion." All the incidents alleged against him occurred before the April coup d'état. One of the main charges was that he had been a well-known agitator in the poverty-stricken northeast region.
HENRY CABOT LODGE
HENRY CABOT LODGE