19 NOVEMBER 1965, page 5

Latin America

Meeting at Last HUGH 0 . SHAUGHNESSY writes: On Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro the Organisa- tion of American States, like some great wounded pterodactyl, made what may be its last......

Hanging

Partially Humane GILES PLAYFAIR writes : Only a short Bill, it may be thought, was needed to abolish the death penalty. The Bill that has finally been enacted, after months of......