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...family of freedom," he promised to help freedom fighters everywhere in order to assure that "all God's children" will achieve their dreams. But Reagan remembers this commitment only in Afghanistan, Angola, and Nicaragua--all countries with Soviet backed governments. He conveniently forgot El Salvador, the Phillipines, and Chile. The struggle by Black South Africans to end apartheid was noticably absent from his text...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Remembering to Forget | 2/6/1986 | See Source »

Zalaquett, former deputy secretary general of Amnesty International, said the arbitrary detention of citizens is not always defined as illegal in Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Human Rights Hard to Uphold | 10/23/1985 | See Source »

Zalaquett was expelled from Chile in 1976 after serving time in prison because of his protests against the government's human rights violations. His lecture was the first of a series of events on human rights scheduled for this fall at the Law School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Human Rights Hard to Uphold | 10/23/1985 | See Source »

...devastating earthquake had hit Mexico City. The quake's force, measured at 7.8 on the Richter scale, was the world's most severe since a tremor measuring 7.8 struck the coast of Chile last March. In four chaotic minutes, an estimated 250 buildings collapsed in downtown Mexico City; 50 more were later judged dangerously close to falling, and the condition of 1,000 others was regarded as unsafe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Noise Like Thunder | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

...Chile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worst of the Century | 9/30/1985 | See Source »

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