Word: colombian
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After visiting Reagan at the White House, Colombian President Belisario Betancur, a key figure in the Contadora group (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and Mexico), which has been pressing for a regional settlement, called Reagan's attitude toward the Nicaragua situation "positive" and "constructive," but carefully avoided any comment on the proposal...
When Ronald Reagan first met Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, 62, during a five-day tour of Latin America more than two years ago, the U.S. President had been forewarned of the Colombian's reputation for candor. Betancur lived up to his advance billing. He criticized Reagan publicly for the U.S.'s approach to Central American problems and complained of "frustrations and irreparable damage" in developing countries caused by U.S. economic policies...
This week Reagan and Betancur will meet face to face again as the Colombian head of state arrives on a three-day "working visit" to Washington. Once more, Central America will rank high on the list of topics. Colombia is a member of the so-called Contadora group of countries promoting a peaceful solution to the problems of the region; Betancur has reached a controversial peace agreement with some 5,000 leftist guerrillas in his own country. He will also brief Reagan on the progress of Colombia's eleven-month war against the local cocaine trade and make a plea...
...headed by Miguel Felix Gallardo and Rafael Caro Quintero. Arthur Sedillo, another Mexico-based DEA agent, told members of the President's Commission on Organized Crime in Miami last week that both families are heavily involved in opium and marijuana production and are believed to have joint operations with Colombian drug mafiosos. Earlier, DEA Deputy Administrator John C. Lawn testified that the Guadalajara traficantes had threatened eyewitnesses to the Camarena abduction. Added Lawn: "There was a reluctance on the part of law enforcement authorities in Guadalajara and Mexico City to initiate an investigation...
...While Colombian and Panamanian authorities have made some headway in the fight against drugs, their counterparts in Bolivia and Peru face problems that seem almost insuperable, as underlined by last week's State Department report. For centuries, Andean natives have chewed coca leaves as freely and frequently as Americans drink coffee. Indeed, most Bolivians, including President Hernan Siles Zuazo, routinely offer visitors coca tea. This is all quite legal because there is no law in Bolivia that prohibits either the cultivation or the marketing of coca. From the law-abiding family that earns $200 for a year's harvest...