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...bishops' letter was quickly followed by criticism from other quarters. In a peculiar but highly publicized campaign, an obscure army general, José Echeverría Vielman, bought time on television to appeal to the President to separate the army from all government activities and to call National Assembly elections immediately. Shortly after that, Secretary-General Mario Castejón of the National Renovation Party accused Ríos Montt of using his influence to help his church, the California-based Christian Church of the Word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guatemala: Blunt Messages | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

...Montt, who only a few months ago enjoyed support for ending the repressive regime of his predecessor and for quelling guerrillas in the Guatemalan countryside, responded to the latest criticism by forcing Echeverría into retirement and ordering the arrest of Castejón and two other political foes on charges of "injuring the presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Guatemala: Blunt Messages | 6/27/1983 | See Source »

...part of our Bicentennial observance, TIME asked leaders of nations round the world to address the American people through the pages of TlME on how they view the U.S. and what they hope - and expect - from the nation in the years ahead. This message from President Luis Echeverría Alvarez of Mexico is the sixth in the series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Message To America: From Mexico's President Luis Echeverr | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

...stubborn 15%-a-year inflation and high foreign debt ($13 billion). A devaluation was also sought by tourist operators, whose business declined 4% in 1975, owing largely to price increases that had made once cheap Mexico City as costly for Americans as many European cities. Said President Luis Echeverría Alvarez: "In the end, there will be more jobs, more production, more exports and more tourism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Down Goes the Peso | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

...rise sharply in peso terms. In the wake of Beteta's announcement, many sales clerks worked until midnight changing the price tags on merchandise. At the Puerta de Liverpool department store, for example, refrigerators went up 20% overnight, color TV sets more than 30%. To ease the burden, Echeverría has already promised raises for workers, civil servants and pensioners-a generous but inflationary move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Down Goes the Peso | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

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