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...Latin movies and dance-music shows like Sones y Pasiones (Sounds and Passions), others doubt its viability, given the Soviet-sounding titles of programs like Trabajo y Tierra (Work and Land). But in its first year, Telesur, which will be seen on local and cable stations from Mexico to Argentina as well as Miami, expects to bring in $10 million from commercial sponsors. And if oil prices stay at record levels, Chávez can afford to keep the venture afloat for years. --By Tim Padgett/Caracas
This year's congress, the first in New York in two decades, will draw some 700 PEN members from places as distant as South Korea and Argentina; among them will be three Nobel prizewinners and such luminaries as Günter Grass, Nadine Gordimer, Octavio Paz and Eugčne Ionesco. The weeklong festivities will feature more than 30 panels on subjects as diverse as Translating Whitman, Alienation and the State, Science Fiction, and Censorship in the U.S.A. Total tab for the event, according to PEN: around...
...guilty judgment against Argentina's military rulers from 1976 to 1982, the country's civilian court sets an important example for all the other nations of Latin America [WORLD, Dec. 23]. The courageous actions of President Raul Alfonsin will make it more difficult for other democratic governments to avoid bringing to justice the perpetrators of human rights violations. Milton Swartz Orlando...
...proof was needed that Latin America's $360 billion debt burden is a time bomb with unpredictable implications, politically as well as economically, it came last week in Argentina, where a visit by retired Chase Manhattan Bank Chairman David Rockefeller touched off the most serious street violence since the country's return to democracy more than two years ago. Rockefeller, whose former employer remains a major Argentine creditor, was in Buenos Aires to discuss Latin American economic development. Seven people were injured and 81 arrested when 1,500 leftist demonstrators hurled rocks and eggs, smashed windows and set fires...
...about 30% since its peak in February 1985 will help beleaguered U.S. exporters boost business by making their products more competitive with foreign rivals. Meanwhile, the decline in global interest rates will ease the burden on staggering debtors, ranging from U.S. farmers to developing countries like Brazil and Argentina. And even one of the thorniest problems of them all, the U.S. budget deficit, is becoming slightly less severe...