Word: lima
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Unlike other candidates who were in New York lobbying for the job, Pérez stayed in Lima, the Peruvian capital, during the vote. After hearing news of his selection, he said, "My main concern and endeavor will be what it has always been, peace among nations." Given Pérez's age, U.N. officials do not expect him to seek a second term. That should be a welcome consolation prize for the other candidates, especially Salim. The Tanzanian, who will be only 44 when the next vote comes up, no doubt still hopes to be the first African...
...improve the economy." With a modest investment of labor, Kendall insists, Inca irrigation could pay rich dividends to this overwhelmingly poor country, where food and potable water are in chronic short supply. "I don't say that this scheme is going to empty out the slums of Lima, get people back on the land, recreate an Inca civilization," she says, "but it's possible to make this land fertile-and other land in similar circumstances-using the same methods that the Incas used...
...Lima, Aug. 31. The U.S. embassy, the American ambassador's residence, and facilities of four companies with U.S. connections were damaged by bombs. No one was injured; no one claimed responsibility...
...Central America: "These guys come in and want to change 400 years of mistakes overnight. You're lucky if you can make changes here in 80 years." The last word about salvation and social justice may go, however, to Father Peter Halligan, a former policeman now working in Lima: "We know stark poverty is the devil's best ally...
...magnitude of political repression by the military has made organized opposition to Garcia Meza over the past year virtually impossible. Siles Zuazo has established a government-in-exile based in Lima, Peru which, combined with clandestine political work within the country, may eventually pose a forceful challenge to the military regime. In the meantime, political stability will depend on other factors. The regime has survived economically so far because of the repeated lenience of the international financial community. At the time of the coup, Bolivia's foreign debt was $1.9 billion, $170 million of which came due in December. Within...