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Herrera, 46, who is rumored to be either in Costa Rica or at a U.S. air base in Panama, has used clandestine radio appeals and fax messages to invite senior military officers to join him in a coup. These colonels are thought to be opposed to Noriega's acceptance of Cuban advisers and weapons, as well as $20 million in Libyan aid. Many enlisted men, unhappy about poor pay and the corruption above them, are also receptive...
...happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation." Those opening words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s landmark "I Have a Dream" speech have proved prescient. Last week King's followers -- including Democratic Presidential Nominee Michael Dukakis and the Rev. Jesse Jackson -- marked the 25th anniversary of the speech by retracing the 1963 March on Washington...
...outlawed Solidarity trade union. The stoppages crippled ten coal mines in Silesia and paralyzed dock facilities in the Baltic seaport of Szczecin. Although the strikes were not organized by Solidarity leaders, Lech Walesa, head of the union, warned that workers at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk would join the disruptions early this week. The strikers' demands included legalization of Solidarity, as well as higher wages and better working conditions...
What was Vice President Salvador Laurel up to when he accused President Corazon Aquino of incompetence earlier this month and suggested that she resign? Manila's coffeehouse circuit suspected Laurel was more concerned about his political future than good government. That theory got a boost last week when Laurel joined Juan Ponce Enrile, Aquino's former Defense Minister, to launch a new opposition party. Laurel is expected to head the alliance, which includes disgruntled supporters of Ferdinand Marcos. Said Hernando Perez, a pro-Aquino member of the House of Representatives: "Laurel will join any party that will make him President...
After the formation of the new coalition was announced, however, as many as 160 seated legislators of the 204-member House declared their intention to join the Fight of Filipino Democrats, a new umbrella organization of pro- Aquino groups...