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...leave not knowing whether Cuba can safely make the journey back from a failed communist state, but the country is already on that road, like it or not. "People say we are a dinosaur," says Juan Antonio Blanco. "But look at the map. Cuba is shaped like a crocodile. And like the crocodile, the Cubans have learned to adapt. That's why we're still around...
...Jones and the Last Crusade, earned $32 million in theaters, twice as much as the most popular Japanese film. Of the 27 movies currently showing in Rio's cinemas, 21 are American. Overseas fans say they are drawn to the American spirit of independence and optimism. Says Roberto Fernandez Blanco, an Argentine businessman: "When you see an American work of art, you feel a breeze of freedom of expression." Thus the MCA deal strikes some Americans as another example of selling the goose instead of the golden eggs...
...graduates of the Mason program include Carlos Salinas de Gortari, president-elect of Mexico, Pratap K. Kaul, Indian ambassador to the U.S., David Blanco Zabala, former minister of finance in Bolivia, and Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, president of Mexico...
Yozell said she hoped that there would now beincreased efforts to protect other members of theCDH, such as Reynaldo Blanco, one of the bestknown of the CDH officials. The organizationconceals the names of many of its volunteers fortheir protection. The efforts of internationalhuman rights groups to protest the death of Anayawill to some extent protect Blanco, because thegovernment will know that they are being watched,she said
Mount Pico Blanco near Big Sur contains 600 million tons of limestone, one of the largest deposits in the U.S. The Granite Rock Co. wants to quarry the scenic mountain, which is on federal land, while the California coastal commission wants to protect it. Last week the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 for the coastal commission, upholding the right of states to enforce environmental requirements even on federal property. California can require the mining company obtain a state permit, even though it had received a federal go- ahead. Fully 19 states, along with the National Governors' Association, had filed...