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...days after his inauguration, De la Madrid asked the 400-member National Congress to broaden the government's powers to crack down on graft. He announced a sharp cut in government subsidies for such basic commodities as sugar and gasoline. He sent a draconian budget to the Congress, calling for a $ 12 billion, or 50%, cut in the budget deficit for 1983. He also proposed an ambitious plan for government decentralization to help prevent urban paralysis in Mexico City, one of the world's most congested (pop. 16 million) and polluted capitals. The President then made a whirlwind...
...rosy promises to help developing countries. Alluding to the unaccommodating U.S. attitude toward Marxist Nicaragua, Betancur said that hemispheric interests are ill served "either by pressure or isolation." Reagan did not reply in kind. His speech, muted and conciliatory, implied that Betancur's government has an obligation to crack down on Colombia's powerful cocaine exporters...
...Chairman of the Council of Ministers. He achieved a better record of economic performance in Aserbaijan largely through greater control he asserted over the bureaucracy. That particular promotion [of Mr. Aliyev] may indicate the path Mr. Andropov will follow. In his speeches as well. Andropov emphasizes the need to crack down on corruption and the need for discipline...
...more or less right now because the dissident movement is in a very bad state. Mr. Andropov basically presided over the temporary demoralization of the movement. There's no doubt in my mind that if the dissident movement were to raise its head again, he wouldn't hesitate to crack down. The promotion of Mr. Fedorchuk, a professional KGB man, to chairman of the KGB, is an indication that you won't find any changes in that area--especially since Mr. Fedorchuk's track record has been purging dissidents...
...sunny, spring afternoon a few weeks later, holed up in a barn near Munich. Pisar peered through it crack and saw an enormous tank lumbering towards him. Instead of the hateful swastika, he saw an unfamiliar emblem: a small five-pointed white star. "Suddenly the realization flooded my mind that I was looking at freedom, the insignia of the American army. "Pisar recalls I ran towards it through the German machine-gun fire, and as a big Black G. I climbed out, swearing at me. I yelled Heil Roosevelt." He understood. He motioned me to move through the roof...