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Counter's team conducted experiments to determine the extent of environmental damage and to devise alternative cottage industries to replace lead-glazing. They also successfully lobbied the Ecuadoran minister to finance a daycare facility at the village and are in the process of identifying chemical engineers to remove lead-contaminated soil from key areas of the village. Counter even brought a Harvard student film group to make a documentary about...
...designed to show that in spite of the crisis, the business of state goes on. Fujimori is preparing for an important visit next week from Ecuador's president, Abdala Bucaram. The two countries have long been involved in a bitter border war and the visit, the first for an Ecuadoran head of state, is seen as essential to establishing a lasting peace. Fujimori's return to public life is intended to show his government easily handling the hostage situation. So far, the Peruvian media seems to agree with him. Television stations no longer interrupt afternoon soap operas for live broadcasts...
...Neither country has clearly threatened the other's sovereignty. Peru seeks compliance with the 1942 Rio agreement, in which it is granted part of the demarcated jungle region, and has made no move to overthrow the Ecuadoran government. Even with a well-equipped air force, Peru hasn't extended the fighting beyond the strip of land in question...
Conway was the only survivor able to walk away from Galeras; on his way out, he passed the body of a dead tourist whose shirt was still on fire. The fourth survivor, Ecuadoran scientist Luis Lamarie, had to be carried out on a stretcher...
...complicated deal that confused nearly everybody, Harvard agreed this summer to trade "debt for scholarship" with the Ecuadoran government. Harvard will apparently purchase Latin American country's $5 million national debt and convert it into a $2.5 million scholarship fund for Ecuadoran students studying at Harvard. Somehow, the University ends up reaping a $1.7 million dollar windfall from the deal, thus advancing its efforts to "internationalize" in the process...