Word: aid
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...assumed to be used for the defense of the local country as well as the U.S. But the costs linked directly to their operation, which ran to only about $400 million in 1960, are expected to hit $6 billion by 1990 -- not to mention the billions more in aid payments to host governments. Such spiraling prices are certain to fuel a growing U.S. debate over whether foreign bases are the best use of defense dollars...
Candidates Gregoire Eugene and Gerard Philippe-Auguste denounced the preliminary results and threatened to show proof of fraud. The Reagan Administration, which halted $78.7 million in aid to Haiti after last November's bloodbath, acknowledged that the voting was not "fully free and open" but noted that the U.S. "is gratified that these elections took place in an atmosphere free of violence." In the same vein, though officials contended the U.S. will not resume economic and military aid until Haiti becomes more democratic, they indicated they could work with Manigat...
...Aid donors have begun considering military protection to help deliver food. Agencies argue that helicopter gunships, armored cars and communications equipment are needed to run rebel blockades. So far, however, no Western nation has agreed to provide weapons or materiel. The U.S. position is complicated by a split between the Reagan Administration and staunch conservative allies like Republican Senator Jesse Helms. While the White House views Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano as a pragmatic leftist who wants to improve ties with the West, Helms has called loudly for rebel aid. In a fit of pique, Helms last year blocked the appointment...
Even without gunships, some aid continues to get through. Western donors have supplied $22 million in trucks and tractors since 1984. CARE manages to move 11,000 tons of food and other relief supplies each month, mainly by road and rail. The routes, however, are often tortuously long. The straight-line distance from the northern town of Tete, a distribution center for relief shipments, to the famine-stricken Zumbo area on the western border is only 200 miles, yet the journey requires a 500-mile detour through Zimbabwe and Zambia. Round trips take at least ten days. Rail shipments from...
...Sandinistas continue to wage peace in Central America, Washington braces for a crucial congressional vote on contra aid. -- Noriega stubbornly clings to power in Panama. -- Israel switches from bullets to beatings in attempting to control Palestinian unrest. -- Mozambique suffers under the double grip of famine and civil...