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...islands that dapple the Caribbean Sea, the problems are very different. The area's twelve sovereign nations, nine of which have become independent since 1961, face poverty, high unemployment, crippling debt and declining income from their few marketable commodities. TIME Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter and Correspondent Bernard Diederich visited much of the archipelago and interviewed its worried leaders. Their report...
...third extended reporting trip to El Salvador last week, also compares his experiences with Viet Nam. "In some ways," he says, "the risks here are greater, but that is because there are still chances to see and report on both sides in this conflict." Longtime Caribbean Correspondent Bernard Diederich, reporting from Nicaragua, draws a different parallel: to the 1965 U.S. invasion of the Dominican Republic. "Some say the invasion restored democracy," says Diederich; "others say it slowed its return. But it was costly...
...fighting intensifies in El Salvador, the race for the story among U.S. journalists is heating up too. With big-name correspondents pouring in for this month's national elections, resident newsmen are increasingly hard-pressed to provide action for home consumption. TIME Caribbean Correspondent Bernard Diederich describes the scramble...
...Diederich, who speaks Haitian Creole, was informed by telephone within minutes of a tense beating incident at the Krome Avenue detention center. Photographer Harry Mattison arrived in Liberty City just after police had shot a gun-wielding Cuban. Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter accompanied an undercover narcotics squad for a raid on the leaders of a $25 million drug ring. Washington Correspondent Jonathan Beaty, who joined the Miami staff to report on the billions in narcotics money washing over South Florida, talked with young men just back from high-speed runs in souped-up boats loaded with marijuana and cocaine...
...down into salty water that would kill most other plants, the mangrove traps silt, shelters wildlife and otherwise improves whatever it touches. Through boom and bust, hurricanes and real estate development, the mangrove has stood its ground. South Floridians surely will too. ? By James Kelly. Reported by Bernard Diederich and William McWhirter/Miami...