JUNTA CLOSES ECUADOR UNIVERSITY
The military junta that seized power in Ecuador last year closed . down the Central University in Quito January 30 through a decree announced by Lieutenant Colonel Dario Hinostroza.
The order, reminiscent of dictator Batistats policy in Cuba, followed clashes between students and armed forces deployed by the govern= ment. Troops used tear gas to break up student rallies.
The junta accused the university of being a hotbed of political — agitation,
: The clique of militarists recently poorganized the university, . naming new professors whom they expected to be more pliant, However, —
the decree closing the school suspended the new teaching staff.
General Luis Agustin Mora Bowen announced a number of arrests of students, 18 of whom were released,
Blind resistance by Ecuador's ruling. oligarchy to a long overdue agrarian reform has kept the country seething for the past several . years,
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