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...machine-gun fire. "That was President [José Napoleón] Duarte's Christmas present to us," remarked María Cruz Amaya, who says she spent most of the day hiding in the brush. As it happened, no one was hurt in the raid. Indeed, Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Adolfo Blandón later denied to TIME that there had been any recent air attack on La Joya. Such charges, he said, were a "trick" by the rebels to "ruin the prestige of the armed forces...
...disoriented but in good physical health, 44 days after they were kidnaped outside New San Salvador University by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.), the left-wing antigovernment guerrilla group. In the sweet first moment of reunion, no words were needed. "There was only crying," reported Communications Minister Adolfo Rey Prendes, whose face was also streaked with tears. As he led the former captives away, Duarte showed the strain of both a worried father and a politician who knew that striking a deal with the F.M.L.N. could very well make him appear weak...
...Saturday morning became a mini-White House, with a full complement of Secret Service and military guards and a hastily rigged press and TV briefing room. Donald Regan arrived at around 7 a.m., an hour before his boss woke up to shave. Nancy got there about 9, wearing an Adolfo dress in her favorite cheery red. National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane had slipped in a side door a bit earlier. He gave Reagan, clad in lime green pajamas, his regular morning intelligence briefing, and several aides dropped by to discuss the weekly legislative calendar...
...accountants Deloitte & Touche, filed an internal "early warning report" expressing serious concerns about Parmalat's Latin American operations. He peppered the company with so many questions that cfo Tonna lost his temper. The requests for information are "offensive and ridiculous," Tonna thundered in a June 9, 2000, fax to Adolfo Mamoli, the Deloitte partner in Milan, and terminated Deloitte's Parmalat business in Argentina. Deloitte - which had taken over as Parmalat's worldwide auditor only the previous year - quickly backed off. The accounts were certified and Mamoli sent a terse e-mail to his colleague Villar. "For the future...
...first and ask questions later. The memos by government lawyers about torture lead up, not down. But the ones who will pay the price for the scandal will be the soldiers in the field. This is a President who pushes religion to the hilt, but where is the compassion? Adolfo Cruz St. Pardoux la Rivière, France...