Word: centralize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...talks seemed intended to clarify the situation as the Communist Party's policymaking Central Committee began its second emergency session in three days yesterday...
Beyond economics, it is not in the best interests of Gorbachev to promote revolution in Central America at the expense of improved relations with the United States. Nor is it in the long-term interest of the United States to continue seeing a left-wing victory as the worst possible outcome...
...government would do well in Central America to follow Gorbachev's example in Eastern Europe: withdraw support from unsuccessful, unpopular and brutal governments. While it is probably too late to win the hearts of the rebels, it is in our interest to come down on the side of human rights in our hemisphere by withdrawing military aid from El Salvador. In doing so, we might gain the praise of Costa Rica and set an example for Guatemala and Honduras...
...murder of the priests is only one of many horrific acts we have implicitly sponsored in El Salvador and in the rest of Central America. It's time we replaced a simplistic and dubious fear of Soviet domination with a concern for human rights...
...party chief Karel Urbanek, addressing the meeting, said the Central Committee will make further personnel changes following a major shakeup in the ruling party last Friday. He also proposed an extraordinary party congress on January 26 which would have the power to elect an entirely new Central Committee...