Word: costas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...debate over anti-U.S. themes in new Costa-Gavras film...
...Reagan asked for $350 million in additional direct economic aid to the region this year. Explained Trade Representative William Brock: "We need one hard shot now because a lot of these countries are simply out of cash." El Salvador will get about $100 million more, as will economically ailing Costa Rica. The rest will be split among Jamaica, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. The package will raise economic aid to the region to $824 million, up 96% from last year...
...guerrilla Augusto Cesar Sandino, for whom Nicaragua's ruling leftist Sandinista movement is named. The alliterative phrase He as an Enders aide said, a rueful reminder that Nicaragua is "gone." He considers El Salvador pivotal because if moderates fail to maintain power there, then to Guatemala and even Costa Rica are vulnerable to insurgency...
...million in proposed financial aid, more than two-thirds will go to bail out three financially strapped countries: Jamaica, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. This money will merely permit these countries to handle their huge debt burdens for the rest of the year--not to initiate any new development program...
...initiative will likely stimulate the creation of many new products. And by calling for increased technology transfers and the teaching of marketing strategies. Reagan just might insure the region's future competitively in agriculture and industry. Additional U.S. financial assistance will probably bail out countries like Honduras and Costa Rica, enabling them to concentrate more on development programs...