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Violence in the Caribbean Basin and the Middle East brought the superpower confrontation into still sharper focus. The invasion of Grenada, Reagan claimed, prevented Marxists from turning that island into a Soviet-Cuban colony. Elsewhere in the region, however, no such quick or decisive victory for Administration policy seemed in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men of the Year: Ronald Reagan & Yuri Andropov | 1/2/1984 | See Source »

For days, hundreds of thousands of mourners had filed past his glass-covered coffin in suburban Manila. Countless tears had been shed; calls for insurrection had been voiced. Finally, there were only simple things left to say over the body of the murdered folk hero before it was laid to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: A Mass Requiem in Manila | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

The trouble is that there is no quick fix, even granting the greatest imaginable success for Administration policy. Suppose, for example, Nicaragua and Cuba, intimidated by the military maneuvers and the contra campaign, agreed to a verifiable end to their provision of arms and advisers to the Salvadoran guerrillas. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Stick Approach: House Votes to Shut Off Contra Aid | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

A week earlier, even as the Costa Rican government was making preparations for last Saturday's failed meeting, the four Nicaraguan dissidents had announced in San José an "initiative" to try to end the civil war in their own country. The offer was significant because all four are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Frustration in Costa Rica | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

On the contras. I believe that in a short time there will be a general insurrection in Nicaragua. The situation should become clearer in the next few months. There will come a time when the opposition in Nicaragua will need sizable logistical support. It would be very sad if it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time to Make Decisions | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

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