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...World recruiting teams--it has a long list of illustrious foreign alumni. Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau graduated from the school in 1948; Singapore's Premier Lee Kuan Yew was a fellow at the Institute of Politics in 1968 and 1970; and Mexico's President-elect Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado received...
...orchestrated a 40% devaluation of the Mexican peso. Unfortunately, the action has done little yet to ease any of the economy's underlying woes. Last week Muňoz resigned, to be replaced by Jesus Silva Herzog, a Yale-educated economist and close friend of Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, López Portillo's hand-picked presidential successor when nationwide elections are held in July...
...Major General Al fonso Armada Comyn, 61, King Juan Carlos' longtime military tutor; Lieut. General Jaime Milans del Bosch, 66, who declared martial law in Valencia on the night of the coup; and Major General Luis Torres Rojas, 62, who is accused of trying to enlist a Madrid-based division to sup port the attempt. If found guilty, they face sentences of up to 30 years...
...Secretary of State, Madrid was one stop on a week-long tour that took him to Portugal, Morocco and finally behind the Iron Curtain to Rumania. The Secretary did not miss the opportunity to underscore firmly the U.S. position on Poland as he arrived in Bucharest, though he took care to cloak his message in diplomatic language. Said Haig: "Recent events in Eastern Europe and elsewhere in the world have emphasized once again the problems facing many countries as they attempt to pursue their national destinies free from outside interference...
...even the allies' show of harmony at Madrid could hardly disguise the disunity within the Western Alliance. Less than two months after President Reagan's unilateral decision to impose mild economic sanctions on Poland and the Soviet Union, the European allies, except for Great Britain and Portugal, have failed to impose economic sanctions independent of the U.S.'s, despite an agreement to examine possible measures at a special NATO ministers meeting in January...