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...seeing an Aztec god descend from the heavens." After a one-hour interview with the new President, Willwerth and López are optimistic that the recent mood of frankness will continue. De la Madrid's administration seems more open to the foreign press than that of his predecessor. But Willwerth remains cautious. Says he: "The real test of the administration's interest in good press relations will come in about a year, when the economic crisis should be at its worst...
...snarl and dutifully stopping at every traffic light. Finally, about 30 minutes later, it would arrive at the massive and ornate National Palace. A short, handsome figure with graying hair at his temples would emerge: it was the new President of Mexico, Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado. Unlike his predecessor, José López Portillo, who commuted to the National Palace by flag-waving motorcade or helicopter, De la Madrid suffered the same delays and irritations as his fellow citizens...
...window of vulnerability" to such attack, Reagan believes, extends from to 1987 But we need not despair, the Administration assures us, because, for only 35 billion, we can build the MX missile system, which will be safe from the new Red Peril Like its predecessor the "missile gap," however, the window of vulnerability is illusory. The Soviets, like us, could not rationally count on "winning" a nuclear war in one strike, so they are no more likely than we are to launch...
...Rios Montt has been widely accused by human rights monitoring groups of continuing the campaign of murder and repression against leftist opponents begun by his predecessor. General Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia Amnesty International, for example, says the number of murders carried out by rightist death squads since Rios Montt took over tops...
Nakasone's predecessor was never known for that quality. Suzuki, a compromise candidate chosen after the sudden death of Masayoshi Ohira in 1980, had developed an embarrassing reputation for indecision and incompetence. Although Nakasone (pronounced nock-ah-so-nay) will not deviate from the free-enterprise, pro-Western policies of his predecessors, he comes equipped with a solid understanding of defense and economics, two of the most pressing issues on his agenda. A seasoned administrator who has held five Cabinet posts over the past 23 years, Nakasone is, perhaps most important, a decisive and agile politician who knows what...