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...Kissinger commission is charged with recommending a long-term U.S. policy on Central America capable of winning widespread national support. No easy matter: even before the panel was sworn in last week, Democrat Henry Cisneros, the mayor of San Antonio and one of two Hispanic commission members, publicly criticized the Administration's Central American policy as "wrong and potentially dangerous." Meanwhile, conservative groups and some Cuban exiles pressured the White House to oust Reagan's other Hispanic appointee, Cuban-born Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro, a Yale University economics professor, because of his alleged sympathies with Cuban Leader Fidel...
Driver José Antonio Blandón, 28, was concentrating on potholes when a band of perhaps 50 armed men suddenly appeared in front of his Chevrolet pickup. As Blandón and two others in the cab ducked under the dashboard, rifle shots rang out for what seemed to them to be several minutes. After the firing stopped, a contra peered into the cab. He ordered the three men to get out and, some minutes later, to carry two passengers, an injured woman and her six-month-old daughter, to a nearby house. Once inside, the woman died...
Strauss is one of four Texans on the commission. San Antonio Mayor Henry Cisneros, a Democrat, said he would "approach this task as a person skeptical of the present U.S. policy" and felt more emphasis should be placed on human rights rather than on military solutions. Former Governor William Clements, a Republican, is a strong supporter of the President but is known for his independent mind. Boston University President John Silber, whose hawkish and conservative views have stirred controversy on his campus, was born in Texas and taught philosophy there. Others on the all-male panel: Yale Economics Professor Carlos...
Much of the anger was directed toward Brazilian Planning Minister Antonio Delfim Netto, whom many Brazilians hold responsible for their economic troubles. Amid calls for his ouster, Delfim seemed confident last week that he would keep his post. He told a reporter to "write down this headline: 'The crisis continues and so does Delfim...
...residents returning from evening parties. Bandits jump on buses and force passengers to hand over wedding rings and to empty their wallets and even shoes, where some people hide large bills. The rich are becoming fearful and cautious. At an exclusive dinner in São Paulo given for Antonio Gebauer, a senior vice president with New York's Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., one of Brazil's major creditors, 21 security guards were spotted among the guests, in corridors outside the room and on the roof of the building...