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Finally the government stepped in. It wanted no trouble, and with a foreign debt of $55 billion, Brasilia had good use for new gold. Last May federal police descended on the site. All miners were registered. Liquor, gambling and the presence of women were forbidden. At the same time, however, the government offered to mediate all claim disputes, set a minimum daily wage ($18) and provided free medical care. Federal experts began to advise the miners on safety precautions and on how to increase output. Before government officials arrived, for example, many of the garimpeiros had been throwing away "black...
Finally the government stepped in. It wanted no trouble, and with a foreign debt of $55 billion, Brasilia had good use for new gold. Last May federal police descended on the site. All miners were registered. Liquor, gambling and the presence of women were forbidden. At the same time, however, the government offered to mediate all claim disputes, set a minimum daily wage ($18) and provided free medical care. Federal experts began to advise the miners on safety precautions and on how to increase output. Before government officials arrived, for example, many of the garimpeiros had been throwing away "black...
...inspired an angry Knesset debate as well as protest demonstrations outside Begin's residence. Israel's attorney general last week announced that Halevy "may have committed a prima facie violation of Israeli law by publishing the name of the director of the General Security Service" - which is forbidden within Israel - and that he would conduct an investigation to see if an indictment were warranted...
...made us feel good," one of them told me - and last night about 20 of them had planned to meet and sing the same song in Red Square, near the guards at Lenin's tomb. They thought better of it - which is fortunate, since demonstrations there are forbidden. They're thinking of singing in front of the American embassy...
...distinction is far from clear between the strong social pressure that the Pope seems to endorse and the overt political action that he has forbidden. In Brazil, that line has become a razor's edge...