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There were unconfirmed reports that at least 30 people died Monday when Gilbert struck Jamaica. Civil defense officials said the storm killed five people Sunday in the Dominican Republic...
Gilbert, which devastated Jamaica and the Dominican Republic with flash floods and mudslides, has killed at least five people...
...compared its intensity to that of Hurricane Allen, which killed 2000 people in the Dominican Republic...
...Even before the Viet Nam War consumed Lyndon Johnson, his dark rantings sometimes shocked the White House press corps. The first serious criticism of his conduct of foreign policy came in 1965, when he sent 20,000 troops into the Dominican Republic to quell domestic violence. Stung, Johnson summoned a small group of reporters to an off-the-record lunch that began at 1:30 p.m. and did not end until 5:30. The four hours were taken up by the President's pacing, raving, justifying his action. When it was over, the numbed newsmen hurried to a nearby...
Ortega's sudden switch to good-guy tactics did not sway the Resistance, which directs some 10,000 contras who are trying to overthrow the Marxist-led regime. Meeting in the Dominican Republic, the organization's 54-member Assembly, which considers itself Nicaragua's government-in-exile, elected a new seven-man directorate. Among its members: former Colonel Enrique Bermudez, 56, the contras' commander in chief since 1981. The inclusion of Bermudez, who served in the National Guard of the dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, represents a major victory for hard-liners within the Resistance who believe that the Sandinistas...