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...such a treaty until he has had a chance to strengthen his position in Lebanon, Israel's tough Defense Minister, Ariel Sharon, spoke out bluntly. In the absence of a peace treaty, Sharon warned, Israel would place southern Lebanon in a "security zone," presumably meaning a military buffer sector run by the Israelis or their close allies, the pro-Israeli forces of another Lebanese Christian strongman, Major Sa'ad Haddad...
Women, children and grandparents are caught regularly, but most of the immigrants are young men of working age. Jack Richardson, chief patrol agent of the Del Rio, Texas, sector on the border, recently polled 364 arrested aliens and found that 67% were under...
...people believed him. As a former student activist and Minister of Education, Royo was regarded by the country's all-powerful National Guard as a potentially dangerous leftist, and the ex-President was far from popular with Panama's private sector. The rightist guard leadership had been grumbling especially loudly in recent weeks that changes in the government were long overdue, even though Royo's term in office was not scheduled to expire until 1984. In an interview three weeks ago, National Guard Commander Rubén Dario Paredes mused: "Twenty-four more months...
...disillusionment of many Nicaraguans is the worsening state of the economy, which has never recovered from the war's devastation. Fluctuating commodity prices, ever higher inflation (now 30%) and food shortages caused by recent floods have aggravated the situation. An acute shortage of foreign exchange for the private sector, which still accounts for about 60% of the gross domestic product, has crippled industrial production and driven up unemployment...
...American staple, the true citizen-statesman. "Political candidacy is about the only thing that George has missed in his experience," says Cutler. "The revolving-door dimension he brings is something good. By being in Government, his role in private life was enhanced. By being in the private sector, his role in Government is enhanced...