Word: guatemala
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...Roberto Castaņeda Felice was driving to his office in Guatemala City last week, two men on a motorcycle pulled up alongside his car. Castaņeda, the president of Guatemala's powerful Agricultural Association and a wellknown supporter of right-wing causes, speeded up. The motorcyclists followed. Now certain of an impending attack, Castaņeda began to weave through the rushhour traffic but was unable to shake off his pursuers. As they caught up to him again, the two riders pulled out pistols and fired, mortally wounding Casta?...
...Inter-American Telecommunication Commission meets three times a year in various cities across the Americas to discuss such dry but important issues as telecommunications standards and spectrum regulations. But for this week's meeting in Guatemala City, politics has barged onto the agenda. At least four of the two dozen or so U.S. delegates selected for the meeting, sources tell TIME, have been bumped by the White House because they supported John Kerry's 2004 campaign...
Because of the ongoing social unrest, private investment in Guatemala has been almost nonexistent during the past five years. Partly as a result, the gross domestic product will drop 2% to 3% this year. The combined rate of joblessness and underemployment climbed from 31% in 1980 to around 44% in 1984. Meanwhile, interest payments on Guatemala's $2.3 billion foreign debt consume roughly 40% of the country's export earnings...
...Congress has authorized up to $10 million in military aid for Guatemala for fiscal 1986, provided a civilian government can demonstrate progress in reducing political murders and kidnapings. According to the U.S. embassy, only 440 people have died from political violence during the first nine months of this year, compared with 992 in all of 1984. Much of the killing is committed by rightwing death squads and the military. In addition, some 38,000 Guatemalans reportedly have disappeared under mysterious circumstances since...
Certainly I agree with you that we must preserve a sense of proportion and not panic over the spread of AIDS [WORLD, Oct. 28]. After all, American aid has caused far more deaths in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Chile, El Salvador and Nicaragua, and no remedy has yet been found for this disease, in spite of efforts in Congress. Graham Greene Antibes, France Middle-Aged...