Diario las Américas

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Latin American population densi

ties and occupations. Bolivia, with

a density of 7 persons per square

mile, contrasts with Haiti, with a

population density of 283 persons

per square mile, the highest in

Latin America. One in three per

sons is engaged in agriculture in

Argentina; three out of four per

sons are so occupied in the Dom

inican Republic.

Acknowledging the importance

of capital investment in Latin

America, Dr. Taylor said it would

be a mistake to view money as ne

cessarily the chief element in

U. S. Citizen's Death in

Haiti While in Military

Custody is Investigated

Know thy

Neighbor

By ANTONIO RUIZ

COLOMBIA. Because of the.

country’s very mountainous te

rrain —being crossed from North

to South by three mountain ranges

transportation has always been

a major problem in the Republic

of Colombia. Highway and rail

road construction is very difficult

and costly. Fourteen navigable

rivers, serving almost one hundred

river ports, have for centuries prov

ided the chief means of surface

transportation and are still the

backbone of the country’s inter

related system of waterways, high

ways and railroads.

In its efforts to surmount trans

portation problems, imposed by

geographical barriers, Colombia be

came a pioneer country in the

development of commercial avia

tion. The oldest commercial airline

in eontifiuous operation in the

Western Hemisphere is Colombia’s

‘Avianca (Aerovias Nacionales de

Colombia), which was founded in

1919 as “Scadta”, with Colombian

and German capital.

Colombia is outstanding among

the Latin American countries for

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-10-02. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-10-02/ed-1/?sp=10

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-10-02.