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...Isabel G. MacCaffrey, Kenan Professor of History and Literature, died Friday of cancer at the age of 54 at her home in Acton...
...convinced them not to unload Chilean goods--not only in Holland but anywhere in the world. Shortly after this successful trip, Moffitt says, the Chilean press began to extensively cover Letelier's activities. He notes how Letelier and his wife then became subject to harassment--"They would call up Isabel Letelier at night and say, 'Are you Orlando Letelier's wife?' and she would say yes and the voice would say, 'No--you're his widow' and hang up." And Orlando Letelier was continuously "observed" at lunches and meetings...
Moffitt has toured the country, talking to different groups to try to put pressure on the U.S. government to solve the "murders" of his wife and Letelier. In addition, he and Isabel Letelier published a report last month through the Transnational Institute, an adjunct of IPS, detailing the "relationship between foreign economic assistance, private capital flows and the state of human rights in Chile since September 11, 1973, when the military junta led by General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically-elected government of President Salvador Allende." One of the purposes of the report is to air "the conflicts between...
...same time Rep. Thomas R. Harkin (D-Iowa) is drawing up legislation to force disclosure of private bank loans to governments the U.S. Congress has tagged as human rights violators, and is exploring a way to bring private policies more in conformity with public policies through legislation. Moffitt and Isabel Letelier also sent letters to the heads of all the banks loaning money to Chile saying, "We don't think it's appropriate for banks which are based and chartered through the U.S. to be lending to the Pinochet government at the same time as leading members of his government...
Voice recital--Isabel Shattuck sings at BU Concert Hall, 855 Comm. Ave., Boston...