Word: aid
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Members of the Central America Solidarity Association (CASA) called on the United States government yesterday to cut off aid to the government of El Salvador, which they charged with the assassination of a human rights group director earlier this week...
...president yesterday met with congressional leaders in hopes of hammering out a "budget compromise" that will satisfy nervous investors, foreign and domestic. He entered the session with "no preconditions", which means that at least he won't turn his hearing aid down when the words "tax" and "increase" are mentioned together. It may be too late. Pessimism on Wall Street grew over the weekend, and yesterday the Dow Jones average dropped another 156.83 points--an 8.04 percent decline on top of the massive drop off of the week before...
...prize both enhances the credibility of the fragile peace process and augments Arias' moral authority as an arbiter of peace to wrest new concessions from the various parties to the plan. At the same time, it further impedes the Reagan Administration's attempts to secure $270 million in new aid for the contra rebels fighting the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. Concedes an Administration official: "This complicates everything we're trying to do in Central America...
...plan implemented. In the House, effusive congratulations were offered by Speaker Jim Wright, who rallied to Arias' efforts after a regional peace plan that he co-sponsored with Reagan proved stillborn. "Oscar Arias is a man of vision," he said. As for the Administration's bid for new contra aid, House Majority Whip Tony Coelho of California stated flatly, "This kills it. It's dead...
Duarte seemed unclear what message he wanted to deliver to the U.S. At an arrival ceremony on the White House lawn, Duarte profusely thanked Reagan for the U.S. aid his country has received over the years. Then he walked over to the military honor guard and kissed the American flag. The next day, however, Duarte called on the Reagan Administration to give the peace process a fair chance by withholding military aid to the contras at least until January. The White House has said it intends to petition Congress for new aid no later than Thanksgiving...