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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...JOSE, Costa Rica--President Bush sat down with Latin American leaders yesterday for a celebration of democracy, but the occasion was marred by word that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega had decided to end a ceasefire with the Contra rebels...
Secretary of State James A. Baker III said Ortega had made no mention of his reported plans during more than three hours of talks with leaders of 16 North and South American countries that focused on drugs, Latin American debt and eagerness to see Panama's Manuel Antonio Noriega removed from power...
...much more daring attitude toward the debt problem is vital. North American banks have been far too rigid. There should be not only a North Atlantic relationship between Europe and the U.S. but also a triangular one between Europe, the U.S. and Latin America. This has never been properly understood...
...Studies has concluded that by using existing technologies, such as more energy-efficient automobiles and manufacturing methods, the U.S. could reduce its CO2 output 40% over 40 years. That action alone would take more greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere than a total shutdown of industry in all of Latin America and Africa...
...Administration. Bush believed, correctly, that U.S. participation in the coup attempt would discredit the Panamanian opposition and anger Latin American countries in which the U.S. has more important interests. The President, however, has sent confusing signals by using macho rhetoric about U.S. military options. Such tough talk, designed to quiet right-wing critics, raised expectations in both the U.S. and Panama of American intervention...