Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bhutto proposed an association of democratic nations to oversee elections in countries where there is any question about the vote's fairness, to provide monetary aid to fledgling democracies and to strengthen the international system for guaranteeing civil rights...
...made aid to Pakistan conditional upon the granting of civil rights to the Pakistani people. Bhutto also noted that in last year's elections, a coalition of democratic leaders went to oversee the voting and ensure its fairness...
...through repression and propaganda is one thing; finding the road toward political and economic recovery quite another. In Beijing, much of the public transportation system has been destroyed or damaged. Losses to the national economy are estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Japan, China's largest foreign-aid donor, has announced a halt in negotiations for a $120 million loan for an oil project. The U.S. and Britain have suspended all public and private arms sales to China for the foreseeable future: the P.L.A. alone needs to replace more than 300 vehicles smashed or burned in the taking...
Bhutto was in Washington to seek continued military and economic aid for her country and to discuss a political settlement for the struggle in neighboring Afghanistan. In an interview with TIME, the Prime Minister said she believes that Afghanistan should have a neutral government "which reflects the aspirations of the people of Afghanistan and which is neither hostile to the Soviet Union nor hostile to us." With support from the U.S., Pakistan has been the main arms distributor to the Afghan mujahedin rebels ever since Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The Soviets withdrew their forces early this year...
...granting these extraordinary concessions, the Communists made three key assumptions. First, that only a Solidarity-led opposition could secure economic cooperation from the public and attract the billions of dollars in Western aid needed to finance the recovery. Second, that by bringing Solidarity into the political process, the party could make it share the onus for the belt-tightening policies that would have to be adopted. Third, that by setting an early election date, the government could prevent the opposition from organizing an effective campaign...