Word: uruguay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...remainder of the MFO troops arrived at week's end. They came from ten other countries, including Colombia (500 troops), The Netherlands (105), France (42), Italy (90), Uruguay (70) and Fiji (500). The men will be commanded by Lieut. General Fredrik Bull-Hansen, a lanky Norwegian who was first exposed to the complexities of the Middle East while serving in a force that supervised the Israeli-Egyptian cease-fire...
...Multinational Force and Observers (M.F.O.) provided for in the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. The U.S. had agreed to provide about half of the troops, but Haig wanted to broaden the international support for the Camp David peace process. Others who have agreed to take part: Fiji, Colombia and Uruguay...
...Uruguay we also try to move forward in women's matters, but not with so much fanfare. Our government recently appointed the first woman judge to the Uruguayan Supreme Court and the first woman dean of our major university. The news media dutifully reported these events, but they did not steal the national headlines...
Until now, arrest warrants have been issued for only two people: P2 Lodge Grand Master Licio Gelli, who fled the country and is believed to be in Uruguay, and Colonel Antonio Viezzer, former head of a government intelligence service, who has been detained. But there was little doubt that other arrests will follow...
...Latin America, abortion is legal only in Cuba, but law does not necessarily determine practice. Argentines routinely weekend in Uruguay to shop -and to have illegal but readily available abortions. In Brazil, the government is slowly introducing a national family planning program (in deference to the church, the words "birth control" are not used), while a morbid and lucrative illegal abortion business thrives...