Word: calero
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Calero rose to speak. He jumped onto the podium, but Harvard University Police apprehended him before he could reach Calero...
Laub said that he tried to attack Calero for political reasons. "INCAR was committed to shutting Calero down. Many people made various efforts to get in. I was one of the people who was able to," he said. "Calero's a facist and he's one of the the principal players in organizing and lobbying for aid from the U.S. Congress...
...renew the military funding that will soon run out for Reagan's favorite freedom fighters. And the willingness of Honduras to go along with the plan means the contra forces could not operate from bases there. Yet the contras still had a trump they could play. Declared Adolfo Calero: "Any decision on a cease-fire would have to be either accepted or rejected...
North also explained why he had cashed traveler's checks, given to him by Contra Leader Adolfo Calero, at such places as a tire shop and a hosiery store. The checks, he said, were meant for use in his contra resupply and other covert operations. He kept "meticulous" records in the now destroyed ledger about his expenses, and when no funds were at hand, he spent his own money. Then he reimbursed himself when new checks arrived...
...discussion with Zucker. But under questioning from Senate Chief Counsel Arthur Liman, the businessman admitted, "Eventually, I would have found it impossible for him not to know." Congressional investigators have already uncovered evidence that North used $2,000 worth of traveler's checks obtained from Contra Leader Adolfo Calero to buy groceries, snow tires and gasoline...