Word: alvarezes
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Most of Mexico's political frustration is now directed at outgoing President Lopez Portillo. When he took office in 1976, the urbane Mexican leader was seen as the right man to correct the errors of his left-leaning predecessor, Luis Echeverria Alvarez. The charismatic President speedily pushed Echeverria's henchmen out of office, restored international business confidence in Mexico with pro-business rhetoric and a pledge of conservative fiscal policies, and promised the Mexican people an administration of "abundance." Lopez Portillo aimed to create millions of jobs, open up the country's political system to limited dissent...
...streets again, night clubs are full and handguns are much less evident than before the March coup. Rios Montt has dismantled police and army death squads and put the national police chief, Germán Chupina, under house ar rest. He has also threatened that former Interior Minister Donaldo Alvarez Ruiz and other members of the old regime who have fled the country will be arrested if they return. In another attempt to under cut the guerrillas, the President has declared a broad amnesty, to begin this month, for anyone involved in antigovernment activities. After that, he intends to place...
...Harvard Crimson would have been as receptive and sensitive to minority students as Dr. Counter has been, then we all could begin to communicate as equal partners. Without communication and understanding racial harmony remains simply an abstract idea. Mare A. Francis '83 Joseph A. Russ '83 Deborah Alvarez '83 Foundations Staff Members
Robert S. Alvarez San Francisco
...politically sound link in the Central American chain is Costa Rica, which has long had a flourishing, multiparty democracy. In stark contrast to its militarized neighbors, Costa Rica has no standing army and little political violence. In last month's presidential elections, won by Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez, 76% of the electorate turned out to vote. But there is a major threat to the country's stability: its failing economy. Decades of high spending on social programs, plus spiraling oil bills, left Costa Rica with a $130 million trade deficit last year and a $2.9 billion public-sector debt. Inflation...