Word: eduardo
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...opening the arms pipeline to Latin America. Chile's military, which takes a 10% cut of revenues from the country's copper exports, had the cash to buy 24 new jets. Washington had to act fast if it wanted to be among the eager foreign bidders, Chilean President Eduardo Frei warned Clinton during a February visit. The Chilean military wanted detailed specifications on the F-16 and F/A-18 by the end of March...
...days that followed, investigators discovered a lot about Gutierrez. Not only had he consorted with drug traffickers since at least 1993, but the apartment that triggered the investigation had been given to him by drug dealer Eduardo Gonzalez Quirarte. He is reputed to be a lieutenant of one of Mexico's most notorious narcotraffickers, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, alleged leader of the Juarez cartel. On Tuesday, Feb. 18, wiretaps reportedly confirmed that Gutierrez and two top aides had taken protection money from a Carrillo lieutenant. The general was then placed under arrest...
...more hostages Tuesday afternoon and renewed their demands that their jailed comrades be released. Their statements were shouted to TV journalists, who for the first time had been allowed to enter the Japanese ambassador's residence, where 81 people are still being held captive. Released were Honduran Ambassador Eduardo Martel and Argentine Consul Juan Antonio Ibanez. "Any harm to (the hostages) will be the exclusive responsibility of the government of (President Alberto) Fujimori if he decides upon a military intervention," shouted a rebel, later identified as the group's leader Nestor Cerpa. He said they were willing to make...
...Eduardo 1. Velasquez, an employee at the sweets shop, said the job will help him get to know students...
...tourism revenues--the national government has tried to curb the worst excesses. But it has not provided park officials with the backing they need to fight poachers or to wipe out introduced species, and it has come under intense pressure from fishermen, corrupt politicians and a charismatic leader named Eduardo Veliz, the Galapagos' delegate to the National Congress. Tapping into widespread local resentment, Veliz pushed a law through the Congress that would give the islands enormous autonomy in setting their own rules for tourism and development. When President Sixto Duran Ballen vetoed the legislation and substituted a less favorable bill...