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...Peru, he spoke "passable Spanish," he says. After six months in the country as part of a year off from Harvard, he spoke Spanish, had been through a few mudslides, was trapped in a village and had gone through an earthquake--all for research on the Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP), the largest political party in Peru and the most likely victor in the upcoming elections...
...resulting thesis for the Government Department analyzed the 60-year history of the Partido, a radical social democratic party, as a case study of the problems of democratizing Latin America. Utilizing field research and documents collected in Peru. Adams analyzed and update work on the party. The PAP is the largest party in Peru though it has never come into power. The faction is likely to gain power in the elections in 1985, but Adams is not optimistic about the chances for democracy in Peru. "Any part of its program that would be objectionable has been taken out," he says...
...PAP operated for a short period under the Sanchez Cerro government as a legal opposition party, although neither the party nor Haya ever publicly accepted the legitimacy of the regime. Aprista representatives elected to the Constituent Assembly were allowed to serve briefly. However, before they were able to undertake any significant legislative activity, a state of emergency was declared by Sanchez Cerro. Under his law the Aprista parliamentarians were deported, Haya was arrested and opposition newspapers were closed...
Jozef Pinior, one of five fugitive Solidarity leaders who met with former union chief Lecb Walesa on April 9-11, was taken into custody in his hometown of Wroelaw, according to a dispatch by the official Polish news agency PAP...
Penal proceedings are under way against Pinior in connection with his embezzlement of 80 million zlotys, "PAP said. It did not say if he would be charged with political crimes as well...