Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...governments of most Latin American countries are democratic, a Bush foreign policy adviser told about 500 people packed into the Kennedy School's AARCO Forum last night...
...Institute Of Politics (IOP) debate with Dukakis's foreign policy adviser--Dillon Professor of International Affairs Joseph S. Nye--Lecturer of Public Policy Richard N. Haass said Peru, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala meet his definition of democracy...
...their way into the campaign. Neither drugs nor the environment was a deciding factor in any recent presidential race. But after a year of national concern about crack wars, followed by a summer of worry over the greenhouse effect and kindred ecological disasters, Manuel Noriega has become the favorite foreign leader of Democratic speechwriters, while Bush has taken to deploring the condition of Boston Harbor...
Soon a more complex laundering method was introduced. BCCI allegedly began to wire drug money deposited in its branches to accounts in foreign banks, using major New York City institutions as unwitting intermediaries. Once the funds were overseas, BCCI allegedly used them to buy certificates of deposit at banks in France, Britain, Luxembourg, Uruguay, Panama and the Bahamas. Using the CDs as collateral, BCCI then issued phony loans for slightly smaller amounts to the agents' Panamanian account. Once again, the agents gave the Colombians signed blank checks drawn against the account. BCCI collected the CDs as "payment" for the loans...
...with exports worth $7.8 billion in 1987. As a result, Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid has announced $220 million in new cuts in the government's $90 billion budget. The price slump is also likely to intensify Mexican demands for another renegotiation of the country's $104 billion foreign debt...