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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argued that economic recovery throughout Latin America is being hampered by high U.S. interest rates and protectionist measures that keep out many of its products. De la Madrid stressed that Latin America's $335 billion foreign debt, of which Mexico's $85 billion is second only to Brazil's $96 billion, poses a potentially worse problem for the U.S. than the turmoil in Central America. The reason: many countries are being forced to impose harsh austerity measures that create social unrest. The Mexican delegation specifically asked Reagan to ease import tariffs on such Mexican products as steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: Straight Talk from a Neighbor | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

...began questioning Clark and Brant. At one point, Brant showed up at Clark's law office in a "state of high emotional excitement," according to Clark. He was brandishing a thick stack of $100 bills and said he wanted to "flee the jurisdiction" by going to Brazil. Although the two visited the Brazilian consulate, the trip was never made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Up the Journal Scandal | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

...example, conservationists cite Bolivia, which has an estimated 500 hyacinth macaws. In 1980-81 Bolivia exported 800 of the birds, each worth up to $5,000; wildlife experts believe that most were caught in Brazil. Sudan, which has fewer than 100 white rhinos, exports scores of horns annually. Prized as an aphrodisiac in the Orient, horns fetch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Adventures in the Skin Trade | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

...Oklahoma land rush. And they may have the same importance for the nations south of the border that the settlement of the west had for the United States-relieving overcrowded cities and rural areas of some of their excess populations. This could be especially important in nations like Brazil, whose urban areas have been deluged recently by a flood of migrants from the poorer sections of the country...

Author: By Gilad Y. Ohana, | Title: Deep in the Jungle | 5/23/1984 | See Source »

...Kandell does note feuds of another sort that are commonplace in certain areas of the new frontier. In Brazil the encouragement given by the government to settlers in the agricultural regions newly carved out of jungle has had the unexpected side effect of creating large numbers of poor squatter settlements, where would-be settlers wait to receive land. In Paraguay, the sudden influx of large numbers of settlers to the region around the Itaipu dam has caused many Paraguayans to become concerned over the security of the border...

Author: By Gilad Y. Ohana, | Title: Deep in the Jungle | 5/23/1984 | See Source »

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