Word: latin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under his curatorship, the Nieman Foundation--which offers prominent journalists the chance to study at Harvard free from the pressures of deadlines--broadened its international focus, offering fellowships to writers from Latin America, China and South Africa...
...over totalitarianism. Even the horrific memory of the bloodstains in Tiananmen Square cannot eradicate the impression that most of the world is emulating the Western form of government -- or wants to desperately, even to the point of death. Not only the Communist bloc is awash in democratic ferment; nine Latin American nations have held or are scheduled to hold free elections in 1989. For the first time in memory, there is reason to hope that the doddering Communist Party boss in his shapeless dark suit may be as much an anachronism as the strutting military strongman with his chestful...
...magazine enthused, "State-of-the-art television commercials and computerized voter files are spreading rapidly to other countries. American research firms are conducting focus groups for politicians worldwide." Like old-time vaudeville acts playing the Orpheum circuit, most of the top consultants have popped up somewhere in Latin America (primarily Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Argentina and Bolivia) since the U.S. elections last November...
While the presence of U.S. military personnel in any Latin American nation is always a sensitive issue, Peruvian military leaders are desperate to turn back Sendero guerrillas. "I will take help from anyone who offers it," says a top Peruvian officer. In fact, contingents of American Green Berets have already been sent to Peru and Bolivia to train antinarcotics police units in countersubversion and jungle warfare...
Blandon denied that her candidacy was a ploy to embarrass and punish her husband. "I know he has a reputation for being woman crazy, but this is Latin America," she said. "Such things are not as shocking here." Although Blandon stood to take only about 8% of the vote, there are signs that Cabrera may tap the First Lady to be his running mate...