Word: betancur
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...vote was partly a slap at outgoing President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, 63, who under Colombian law could not seek re-election. Since Betancur took office in 1982, Colombia has continued to dominate a worldwide cocaine trade that has ballooned from $5 billion four years ago to $8 billion today. Betancur also had limited success in halting terrorist conflicts, which have claimed more than 2,000 lives since 1983. Around 100 hostages died last November when the army stormed the Bogota Palace of Justice after it was seized by guerrillas. Among the dead: eleven Justices of Colombia's 24-member Supreme...
Barco, a 40-year public servant whose posts have ranged from mayor of Bogota to Ambassador to Washington, must now confront the Betancur legacy. High on the new President's agenda: the continuing terrorist attacks, growing pressure from the U.S. to clamp down on illicit drug traffic, and a 13.4% unemployment rate. Barco will have to move quickly to contain the proliferating drug business. He has already pledged support for programs to eradicate the coca plant, which provides the raw material for cocaine, and he has indicated to Washington that he will cooperate with efforts to extradite Colombians accused...
When Melendez-Ortiz arrived in Bogota he met with the president, Belisario Betancur, and was given access to the disaster area which was made off limits by the military...
After visiting Reagan at the White House, Colombian President Belisario Betancur, a key figure in the Contadora group (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico), which has been pressing for a regional settlement, called Reagan's attitude toward the Nicaragua situation "positive" and "constructive," but carefully avoided any comment on the proposal...
...Betancur talked last week with TIME's Caribbean Bureau Chief Bernard Diederich in Bogota's elegant Nario Palace. Excerpts from the interview...