Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those groups working to naturalize illegal aliens said that one of the reason for a mistrust of the new law was the initial interpretation that anyone who left the U.S. after 1982 could not return with amnesty. Immigrant aid groups have said that this method of enforcing the law broke up many families...
First came the easy news: 981 prisoners would be set free, none of them national guardsmen convicted of major crimes. Then the non-news: Nicaragua would declare a general amnesty and lift its state of emergency once the U.S. halted all aid to the contra rebels. Finally, the real news: the Sandinistas were willing to talk with the contras through an intermediary to negotiate a cease-fire...
...fire deadline came and went last week without anyone proclaiming the plan a failure. During separate trips to / the U.S. last month, Ortega and Honduran President Jose Azcona Hoyo had warned that they would no longer feel bound by the accord if cease-fires, amnesties, cut-offs of foreign aid to rebels, and other goals were not achieved on schedule. Yet both men remained committed to the proposal, even as rebel violence continued in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. The White House had planned to use the failed deadline to push for $270 million in new contra aid. But with...
Today, more than halfway through his five-year term, Duarte is widely perceived as a failure. The war drags on, random killings continue, the government is pockmarked with corruption. Even Duarte's loyalty to the U.S., which this year will supply $700 million in military, economic and disaster aid, has become a political liability. During a visit to the White House last month, Duarte kissed the American flag. Salvadorans viewed the gesture as symbolic of their dependence on American largesse...
...center of the fuss was a French government report alleging that a Bourges munitions firm, Luchaire, sold some 500,000 artillery shells worth $120 million to Tehran between 1983 and 1986. The alleged deal violated a government embargo against military aid to Iran. The report, written by the army controller-general, claims that Mitterrand and Hernu knew of the illicit sales as early as 1984 and did nothing to stop them. The report charges that Mitterrand's Socialist Party may have taken kickbacks worth about $500,000 to look the other...