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Federal prosecutors maintain that they did not have complete knowledge of how Portell concocted his stings, which began in 1987, after he was arrested in New Jersey for writing bad checks. But in the case of Isabel Garcia of Elizabeth, N.J., her defense lawyer has collected memos from authorities in Union County, N.J., showing that the DEA has been aware of Portell's seductive modus operandi since at least the fall of 1987. Garcia loaned Portell $8,700, which he returned in the form of bad checks. She claims she arranged a coke deal only because Portell promised to repay...
Outside help is not likely to rescue the country. One of President Alan Garcia Perez's first moves after taking office in 1985 was to reduce payments due on Peru's $14 billion foreign debt. As a result, Peru is virtually cut off from all fresh foreign credits. Last September Garcia imposed a rigorous austerity plan designed to curtail imports, stimulate exports and cancel subsidies. But critics say his efforts are still insufficient to halt Peru's downward slide. And Garcia refuses to make any deal with international banks that would require the country to pay more on its debt...
...Garcia's erratic economics have cost him his once overwhelming popularity. A + February poll by Apoyo, Peru's leading independent polling firm, charted his approval rating at a dismal 13%. Last December Garcia's support within his own APRA (Popular American Revolutionary Alliance) Party eroded to the point where he was forced to resign as its leader. Nevertheless, the President, whose five-year term expires in 1990, has stubbornly ignored calls for him to step down...
STAFF WRITERS: Janice Castro, Howard G. Chua-Eoan, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Guy D. Garcia, Nancy R. Gibbs, Christine Gorman, Scott MacLeod, Barbara Rudolph, Laurence Zuckerman...
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