Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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David Grosser, the project coordinator, said he is confident that if people in Cambridge become involved with the reestablishment of San Jose Las Flores, the Salvadoran government, which receives aid from the United States, will pay more attention to the safety of the town...
...never really been in the contras' corner, has no appetite for such an extended commitment. A poll taken for TIME last month by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman found that 52% of 1,014 adults questioned favor cutting off all military support to the contras, vs. 26% who favor additional military aid and 22% not sure. The public is pessimistic about the course of events in Nicaragua: 62% believe it is "very likely" or "somewhat likely" that U.S. troops will end up fighting there...
...military intervention, the only alternative to supporting a guerrilla action is to bolster the diplomatic efforts that were part of the contra policy. Moderates in Congress claim the Administration has done little to advance the negotiations. Democratic Congressman Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma, a past supporter of contra aid, voted for the moratorium because of what he described as "ineptitude" on the diplomatic front. "There has been a complete undermining" of the negotiating process, he says. "What they've done is harden people like me who could have been friendly...
...region around the town of Lago Agrio, teams of rescue workers ferried in emergency aid by helicopter. An urgent plea for outside help yielded planeloads of food, medicine and tents, including 50 tons of supplies from the U.S. By week's end officials were expressing serious concern about longer-term environmental damage. The mud slides and oil spills, said Health Minister Jorge Bracho, may have "modified the whole region of the Ecuadorian Amazon...
...Israeli high-handedness. They were especially annoyed that two Israeli principals in the spy operation, instead of being punished for their roles in the affair, had been given promotions that appeared to reward their efforts. What is at stake now is not the Administration's pending $3 billion Israeli aid package for next year, which Congress will undoubtedly approve, but a sense that misadventures like the Pollard case could have a long-term corrosive effect on American confidence and trust in Israel...