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Jesse Jackson [NATION, July 9] is not the diplomat he thinks he is, and he never will be until he can tell the difference between diplomacy and being used...
Jackson successfully negotiated the release of nearly 50 prisoners from Cuban jails. This deed stamps him as a deft, skilled diplomat whose finesse in sensitive dealings with foreign nations is worthy of special commendation. Jackson should be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize...
...Andres Vargas Gomez, 69, a poet and a former diplomat who is the grandson of General Maximo Gomez, the architect of Cuban independence. Imprisoned by Castro in 1961, Vargas last week was reunited at Dulles with his wife Maria, a college teacher in Miami he had not seen for 24 years. (Vargas was not in prison at the time of the release but was being held on the island.) Invited by Jesse Jackson to join an airport news conference, Vargas took issue with Jackson's self-described peace offensive. Said he: "We don't want a peace that...
...home of his son Benyamin. He sees his three children (the third, Leah, works as a ground hostess for El Al), nine grandchildren and a few old friends, but no one else. He spends his days reading and talking on the telephone, which he often answers himself. An Israeli diplomat who recently called his home found him well informed and alert...
...boundaries in 1922, Kuwaiti foreign policy has been in a state of delicate balance. The country has resolutely avoided attachments to any of its more powerful neighbors, notably Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, which is separated from Kuwait by a slender, 25-mile finger of Iraq. Notes one Western diplomat: "The only things the Kuwaitis have are diplomacy and money. They either try to talk themselves out of trouble or buy themselves out." During the past six months, the Kuwaitis have been doing a lot of both. Despite a historically uncomfortable relationship with Baghdad, the Kuwaitis, along with the Saudis...