Word: ethiopia
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...Somali dictator was in fact a client of both superpowers at different times. The Soviet Union supported his brand of "scientific socialism," then also lent its backing to his neighbor, Ethiopia, when it turned Marxist in 1977. Somalia was at war with Ethiopia over the disputed Ogaden province, so Siad Barre reversed his allegiance and appealed to the U.S. Washington was happy to provide him with $100 million in military and economic aid annually in the mid-1980s to counter Moscow...
AFRICAN ARK by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher (Abrams; $65). Ethiopia has suffered greatly in this century, but famine and political upheaval have never dimmed its natural wonders and social vibrance. Two photographers have brilliantly captured the essence of the leopard-colored land, as well as the haunting rites of people who still rock the cradle of mankind...
...dealing with other pariahs. He has helped South African arms companies circumvent a global embargo by putting MADE IN CHILE labels on some of their weapons as part of co-production deals. His most recent customer for cluster bombs has been the repressive regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam in Ethiopia. In September 1989 Cardoen received his government's permission to sell Ethiopia up to 1,658 of the devices, at $7,000 apiece; the bombs have reportedly been used against civilians in separatist Eritrea...
...F.A.E. controversy raised new calls by critics in Chile for a government crackdown on Cardoen's operations. The Defense Ministry has stopped the sale of weaponry to Ethiopia but has taken no other action. "Our arms-control law is designed to cover domestic weapons use," says Defense Minister Patricio Rojas. "It doesn't cover Chilean arms exports." The fact is that Cardoen and the post-Pinochet government are quite comfortable with each other. Cardoen contributed $1 million to President Patricio Aylwin's election campaign last year and large sums to several important congressional candidates...
...together with two female helpers, were brutally assassinated. The Jesuit Refugee Service labors with less attention in 75 camps that harbor 1.5 million people. There are also numerous unheralded individual heroes, like Thomas Fitzpatrick, a missionary whose financial acumen helped get food and medicine to the right places during Ethiopia's drought, thereby saving thousands of lives...