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...pubic hair. She was not, by the way, the Duchess of Alba, with whom--contrary to legend--Goya almost certainly had no sexual affair. She, like her companion piece The Clothed Maja, 1800-05, was most probably a Malagan cutie named Pepita Tudo, the mistress of Prime Minister Manuel Godoy. There are portraits of Alba in the show, though neither, alas, of the great standing figures, white and black, from the Alba collection in Madrid and the Hispanic Society in New York City. We must be content with The Duchess of Alba and "La Beata," 1795, the enchanting picture...
Within 24 hours, Comandante 31 and his band of ex-Sandinista officials responded by storming the Managua headquarters of the conservative National Opposition Union (U.N.O.). Seizing 34 people including Vice President Virgilio Godoy Reyes, they demanded the release of the El Zungano hostages and U.S. war reparations of $17 billion. For six days, Nicaraguans feared the worst as mediators sought a compromise between the outlaw bands. Finally, both sides agreed to free all hostages, and the government and former contras signed an eight-point plan aimed at alleviating tensions...
...reparations, former contras and ex-Sandinista troops took up guns again to grab territory and settle scores. In Managua the leader who pledged national reconciliation could not even reconcile the players within her own government. Last January the 12- party U.N.O. broke with her, along with Vice President Godoy. That has left Chamorro politically dependent on the Sandinistas, who were allowed to retain de facto control of the army and police forces. Now they too are pulling away as the economy worsens. The legislature is in virtual paralysis, with nearly half the Deputies refusing to attend sessions...
Lacayo toils 14 hours a day in an office that would be used by Vice President Virgilio Godoy Reyes if he and Chamorro were on better terms. Until this month, Lacayo's sister Silvia was the country's treasurer, and her husband Alfredo Cesar Aguirre is president of the National Assembly. Lacayo's cousin heads the Central Bank, and all three national newspapers are directed by Chamorros, including the pro-government La Prensa, where Lacayo's wife Cristiana is president. During a two-hour interview, Lacayo bristled at the suggestion that he and his family wield inordinate power...
...brashest critic of the administration's soft policy on the Sandinistas is its own Vice President. Godoy remains outraged that General Ortega held on to his army post and has repeatedly called Chamorro and Lacayo "prisoners of the military." Lacayo pounces on such overheated rhetoric. "How much accommodation with the Sandinistas is too much?" he asks. "If we're too generous, that's better than not being generous enough. The gains we've made by negotiating with the Sandinistas are enormous. For a start, we're not killing each other anymore...