Word: andean
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then why the fad? For one thing, smoking pot has become commonplace, even passe, and some people look for new thrills. For another, coke is a powerful stimulant that helps the jaded to forget their ennui. The stimulating effects were discovered by Andean Indians, who for centuries have been chewing coca leaves, the source of cocaine, to help them endure cold and hunger. South America is still the source of most cocaine...
...survivors-all men and all but one 26 years or younger-were rescued after two of them had struggled down the mountains in an epic ten-day hike. The pair encountered a stray shepherd, and four climbers of Chile's Andean Rescue Corps helicoptered in to bring out the remaining 14. Some survivors had lost as much as 60 lbs., and six required hospitalization for injuries; otherwise, they were in remarkably good condition despite having spent more than two months on a snow-drenched mountain. Only when the rescuers discovered that nine bodies near the wreck had been strangely...
Latin America poses other worries besides heroin for U.S. narcotics agents, and more serious ones than the tons of marijuana that are smuggled across the border daily. Along the continent's Andean spine, the peasants of Bolivia and highland Peru, who have long chewed the coca leaf for pleasure, are now selling more and more of it as a cash crop?cocaine. The drug, which is psychologically if not physically addictive, has become popular in Europe and in parts of the U.S. Ingersoll worries that "in the long run, the cocaine dilemma is going to be more serious than heroin...
...winner of the election-and the next President-would be the radical, Syrian-born former mayor of Guayaquil, Assad Bucaram. But the generals may also have been lured by the spoils of office. Ecuador may eventually become Latin America's second largest oil producer (after Venezuela). The Trans-Andean pipeline goes into operation next June. President Velasco had already received $11 million from Texaco-Gulf in advance royalties. He had also signed a secret decree giving the military half the total oil royalties. Now, for the time being at least, the army will control the other half as well...
...future may be found in the results of two bitterly contested provincial elections held last Sunday to pick a federal Deputy and a Senator. Although the Popular Unity coalition was narrowly favored to win, the loss of either contest would indicate darker days ahead for Allende and his Andean version of Marxist socialism...