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...film version of Manuel Puig's novel "Kiss of the Spider Woman,"died today in a Long Island hospital -- a week after suffering a stroke. Julia's career began with Shakespeare and included turns on Broadway (the 1982 musical "Nine") and 18 film roles. Among them: the suave Gomez in two "Addams Family" movies, and assassinated Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero...
...Colombians reacted with shock, other members of the national team were assigned bodyguards. "Much to our disgrace, Andres will go down in posterity as the symbol of the internecine violence that remains the country's greatest challenge," said Hernan Dario Gomez, an assistant coach of the team...
...anonymous threats. In 1989 a referee was killed, apparently by a group of gamblers linked to drug traffickers. This year there had been rumors, none substantiated, that some of the country's drug lords had wagered heavily against the national team. Before the U.S. game, defensive back Jaime Gabriel Gomez withdrew from play after his family received death threats...
Against Colombia, the U.S. team realized its own fantasy through luck and pluck. For starters, it was playing a stricken team: Colombia, some of whose local teams have been sponsored by drug lords. Just before the game, defensive back Jaime Gabriel Gomez was removed from the lineup because his family in Medellin had been threatened with death if he played. After the defeat, coach Francisco Maturano said, "The team played bad on purpose. I don't know...
With the shortage of modern drugs, herbal medicines -- Cuba produces 300 different types -- are making a vigorous comeback. "People used to say only witches and the uneducated used herbs, but as times and politics have changed, we have turned to medicina verde," says Dr. Majmud Gomez, a family doctor in Pinar del Rio. He uses herbal preparations to treat a variety of conditions, from parasites to a problem caused by the soap shortage, an itch for which he prescribes a pomade made from the majagua tree...