Word: lima
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...political smear to keep him from running again in 1995. But Fernando Olivera, a member of the Peruvian Congress who has been Garcia's nemesis, demanded last week that prosecutors try the allegations in court. Among other things, investigators want to know how Garcia managed to acquire two fashionable Lima homes and take frequent foreign vacations on a presidential salary of just $18,000 a year...
...stark contrast to the havoc that B.C.C.I. spread from London to Lima was the studied calm at the White House last week. Senior officials described the scandal as more an annoyance than a real concern. Said Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater: "The Justice Department has been looking into it for some time, and we're satisfied with the way they're handling it." He added, however, "It's clear that the Democrats are going to try to make some political hay out of it. Unfortunately, it looks like everything is going to be political between now and next November...
...Lima, where a probe of B.C.C.I.'s stewardship of Peru's central-bank funds is under way, local investigators are trying to trace what happened to money in an aborted B.C.C.I.-brokered deal to sell French-made Mirage jet fighters to the impoverished nation. Sources in the clandestine arms trade say B.C.C.I. eventually sold the planes to Pakistan and India...
Local authorities have moved quickly to stem the epidemic, which is spread by poor hygiene and contaminated water, raw food and fish. Street-side food vending in Lima has been banned, and a national media campaign is under way to encourage sanitary habits. In an effort to prevent the disease from spreading to their neighboring countries, health officials in Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile have prohibited the importation of uncooked Peruvian food products. Soccer matches in Lima between Peruvian teams and squads from Argentina and Uruguay have also been canceled. While the exact source of the outbreak remains unclear, tests...
...Theatricals, the Harvard Krokodiloes and the Radcliffe Pitches. Friday he announced that these groups can proceed with planned shows in Bermuda. Unfortunately, Epps has a long history of favoritism toward these older student groups. War-inspired terrorism can occur in the Americas as well, as a recent incident in Lima, Peru, demonstrates. But students should still be permitted to calculate these risks on their...