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...long introduction, a collection of some of those same poems, together with many of the prisoner's letters, was published in French as a third volume, Castro's Prisoner (1979). These works established his literary reputation internationally. Last October, thanks to the efforts of French President Fran&3231;ois Mitterrand and the Spanish writer Fernando Arrabal, among others, Castro agreed to release Valladares. He now lives in Madrid, where he spends his time writing. He also runs Internationale de la Resistance, a Paris-based human rights organization that he helped found earlier this year. The group...
...government of French President François Mitterrand has sent close to $40 million worth of arms and supplies to its former colony since late June. Last week France responded to an urgent plea from Habré by shipping antiaircraft weaponry to N'Djamena. Mitterrand has hesitated to send French troops to Chad. But he has come under pressure from a number of African nations that fear a Libyan victory in Chad would encourage Gaddafi to spread his subversion throughout the area...
...grudgingly agreed at the Williamsburg economic summit in May to consider more ambitious actions. Under prodding from French President François Mitterrand, Washington said it would help stabilize foreign-exchange markets whenever trading became unusually hectic. Some foreign officials, however, had doubted that the Reagan Administration would honor that agreement. Said French Finance Minister Jacques Delors early last week: "The Americans mock Europe and pursue their policies with insensitivity. They only do what's in their own interest...
...insurance was a black-and-white tomcat named Jober, who owes one of his nine lives to a $19 accident policy. When Jober was hit by a car and suffered a fractured skull, the policy covered $200 of its $354 hospital bill. Jober's owners, Lou and Fran Bruno of Costa Mesa, Calif., admit they would otherwise have had second thoughts about having the expensive treatment. Said Bruno: "We were so happy to be able to tell the vet to go ahead and do what he could...
...never been easy to serve two masters, but that has not stopped France's Communist Party from trying. As junior members of the ruling leftist alliance, French Communists have dutifully supported Socialist President François Mitterrand. At the same time, they have remained as faithful as possible to the Soviet Union. But because Moscow is demanding that France's 98 nuclear weapons be counted in the U.S.-Soviet negotiations in Geneva on the limitation of nuclear weapons in Europe, France's Communists have found their loyalties increasingly divided...