Word: guatemala
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the project claimed a number of successes, the political climate made it nearly impossible for judges and prosecutors to operate effectively, said Ana Maria Salazar, who directed the Guatemala office of the program from January to its close in September...
...testimony to his extensive work in Central America. One six-by-eight color photo displays Fisher in the company of Oscar Arias, the Nobel laureate and president of Costa Rica, and the flip side shows nearly a mirror image, only this time Fisher is with the president of Guatemala. Turn to a nearby print, and you'll see Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is fixing you a stare...
...draw over and over the outlines of countries and land masses (the northern edge of the Soviet Union is particularly nettlesome) until they get them right. Creative use of mnemonics helps. "Beware of hot gorillas eating nitrates casually, pop" is code for the Central American countries of Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Smith leavens the work load with games like geography baseball, in which a home-run problem might be: name the 15 Soviet republics. Later in the year, it would become: name each of their capitals. Slowly, the contours of the world come into...
...From Guatemala to Thailand to Mexico, smugglers brazenly promote their services in newspapers or on radio stations. In Manila former U.S. embassy employees advertise their own smuggling operation on storefronts right across from the embassy. As in any other industry, a global pricing system has evolved. At the top: Chinese citizens from Taiwan, Hong Kong or the People's Republic, who generally pay $20,000 to $38,000 apiece. At the bottom: Mexicans and Dominicans, who are brought into the U.S. for $50 to $1,000. "It's a sliding scale depending on how far you travel and how familiar...
After nearly three decades of Third World self-help projects like digging wells in Ethiopia and advising on animal husbandry in Guatemala, the 6,500- member Peace Corps will turn to a new frontier this year: Eastern Europe. Starting in June, 120 volunteers will begin to leave for Hungary and Poland; an additional 60 corps members may soon go to Czechoslovakia. Peace Corps director Paul Coverdell says the first group will teach English, while future plans call for volunteers to assist in small-business development and environmental protection...