Word: jose
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...principle commercial activity centers on Calle de la Pricessa and Avenida de Jose Antonio, south of which lies a maze of twisting alleys lined by innumerable restaurants. This is the Madrid you see in brochures, the old part of town that converges on Plaza Mayor and Plaza del Sol. This part of the city brings the reality of Spain somewhat closer to the idealized conception: Here you can sit down to a meal of paella, the music of guitars in the distance, and know you're not in America any more...
That month Allen met with the leader of the country's ruling military-civilian junta, Jose Napoleon Duarte, at Reagan transition headquarters in Washington. They discussed the possibility of increasing the U.S. aid to El Salvador that had been initiated in the waning days of the Carter Administration...
...start with the facts. Since 1932, when the Salvadorean military quelled protests for a minimum wage by killing 30,000 peasants and workers, the people have lived under authoritarian rule. The present junta, presided over by Jose Napoleon Duarte, took power when a group of young army officers got rid of the right-wing government of General Carlos Romero in 1979. The new junta, however, began to disintegrate just three months later when every civilian cabinet member resigned in opposition to the military's domination of government. Many of those disenchanted civilians joined the forces of the Revolutionary Democratic Front...
...papers that he hopes will convince the Denver food stamp program of his need: a $319 overdue utility bill and a $97 overdue water bill. "Food is so high," he says, "I just can't stay ahead." Vigil is allotted $33 a month. Each month, Jose Chavez, 72, a retired sheepherder, is driven by his granddaughter three miles in order to collect his $10 in stamps. Says she: "It helps a little, just a little...
...True, concientious capital reporters, wary of its mysterious origins, mentioned the document's appearance only once, but the report's authors had guaranteed its longevity by sending it to those organizations who would revel in its conclusions--among them that the United States halt aid to the junta of Jose Napolean Duarte and consider aiding the leftist guerrillas. If the government was going to quietly wish the report farewell, church and human rights groups had a very different idea. Before long, they were xeroxing the document, advertising it, releasing press reports on it, passing it out to congressmen and their...