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...Alfredo Stroessner, the dean of western despots after 34 years of iron rule in Paraguay, was ousted in 1989 after a military coup. He fled to Brazil, where he lives in a well-guarded mansion in Brasilia. Stroessner is said to enjoy fishing and traveling around the country visiting his former military buddies. He is also known to be an ardent fan of Xuxa (pronounced Shoo-shah), Brazil's Barbie-esque kiddie-show hostess...
...still Castro's Plan A. The rafters were a way of forcing Clinton to look again at the sanctions. Another was last week's carefully orchestrated conferences in Madrid between Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina and three leaders of the Cuban opposition based in Miami. The three -- Ramon Cernuda, Alfredo Duran and Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo -- are all considered moderates in the world of Cuban exile politics, and all strongly favor lifting the U.S. embargo...
...changes," the exiles said. The talks between Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina and the leaders, first reported by TIME Daily yesterday, marked Fidel Castro's first recognition of his opposition during three decades in power. Robaina met with Ramon Cernuda of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights and Reconciliation, Alfredo Duran, a Cuban-born former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party and longtime Miami-area political activist, and Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, a guerrilla commander during the revolution. "The Cuban government has taken a step that they hadn't taken for 35 years -- to sit down and talk with the opposition...
...dead. On Friday those rebels, who call themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army, suspended their deliberations on a peace accord with the government, citing the country's uncertainties. Taking impetus from the revolt, discontented groups rose across the country, staging sit-ins and land grabs. Then two weeks ago, Alfredo Harp Helu, president of Mexico's largest bank, was kidnapped in Mexico City...
...president of Mexico's largest banking group, Banamex, was held for an undisclosed ransom after being abducted by at least six gunmen in Mexico City. Billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu is just one of 2,000 Mexican businessmen who have been kidnapped for profit in the past five years...