Word: latinized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Third World has been experiencing an unprecedented tide toward democracy. The Philippines, South Korea and much of Latin America have thrown off dictatorship. Even Chile may soon follow. Regional conflicts are being resolved at an extraordinary rate. The Soviets are leaving Afghanistan. They are putting pressure on Viet Nam to leave Kampuchea and on Cuba to leave Angola. Iran and Iraq are in a cease-fire. Even the endless Saharan war between Morocco and the Polisario guerrillas appears near settlement...
...faculty committee, headed by Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education David Pilbeam, will decide how to use the funds and will select the visiting professors. Bliss Professor of Latin American History John Womack Jr., one of the committee members, was part of the student-faculty group which proposed the Mexican-American visiting scholars program...
Last week, following a quick round of negotiations between the U.S. and Mexican officials, Washington announced an emergency $3.5 billion loan to Mexico, the biggest such relief package since the Latin American debt problem arose in 1982. The short-term credit is designed to tide Mexico over until the end of 1988, when it expects to receive new loans from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund...
Haass added that he would classify 90 percent of all Latin American countries as democracies because they have a free press, hold fair elections and guarantee access to public institutions...
...Bush advisor added that world democracy, though it may not follow the American model, is nonetheless on the rise. He said that because America is an important influence on Latin America, the success of democracy there suggests that the U.S. is now following an effective foreign policy. Bush would continue such a policy, he said...