OPENS CAMPAIGN FOR HUGO BLANCO
Santiago, .Chile
The Magazine Punto Final opened a campaign for national solidarity with Hugo Blanco in its issue for the first half of January (No. 20). An openly pro-Cuban review, Punto Final is widely read in left circles in Chile in view of its lack of sectarianism and its breaking the monopoly on news of interest to the left formerly held by the Communist party. Thus it publishes news about the most militant sectors such as the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria, without demanding that they express agreement with the Communist party as has occurred with other reviews and dailies of a pseudoleftist character.
‘ The editors report: "Punto Final has received letters from readers from Lima and Tacna appealing for solidarity from students, trade-union and political organizations in
Chile." The magazine carries an extensive account of the heroic struggle led by the Peruvian peasant leader as well as a letter recently written by Hugo