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...Nicaraguans doubt that it will. Fiallos also said that the Sandinistas should lift their nine-month-old state of emergency, which allows press censorship and arbitrary detention, and that they should end the "illegal and unjust" confiscation of property. Fiallos strongly defended the politically moderate Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo, whom he described as "one of the bravest men in Nicaragua." The prelate has been highly critical of the Sandinistas, although he still defends the spirit of the 1979 revolution that overthrew former Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Said Fiallos in the suppressed interview: "The revolution began with a social transformation...
Fiallos' remarks echo those of many other critics, but they were particularly stinging to the Sandinistas because the diplomat was for several years a loyal revolutionary. A deeply religious man with close personal ties to Obando y Bravo, he secretly joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1978, when the movement was still an armed underground force. During the anti-Somoza insurrection, he secretly stored and transported arms for the guerrillas' organized clandestine rebel meetings. Washington has authorized Fiallos, who has not yet decided whether to return to Nicaragua, to stay in the U.S. indefinitely. Said he last...
...lesson goes on, she speaks to the children in Arabic in a voice that almost sings. Each faltering step toward literacy is rewarded with a smile from the nun and a hearty shout of "Bravo!" or a piece of candy...
...network twice tried to share its risks and losses, first with 20th Century-Fox, then with its smaller rival BRAVO. But both deals fell through. The mortal blow, some industry insiders claim, was the announcement earlier this month by CBS Chairman William S. Paley, a staunch advocate of highbrow programs, that he intended to retire next spring. By last week, CBS sources said, even Paley was troubled by the losses...
...total U.S. advertising. None of CBS's rivals is making money, either. ARTS, the joint venture of ABC and the Hearst Corp., has lagged as much as CBS in selling ads despite 7.5 million subscribers. It says only its modest production budget has kept losses "within handleable limits." BRAVO, which offers a mixed fare including cultural shows and foreign films, charges subscribers a fee rather than relying on advertising, but has signed up only 66,000 households. The Entertainment Channel, which imports much of its not-always-highbrow programming from the British Broadcasting Corp., has been distributed only since...