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Occasionally, the difficult nature of an unusual story demands a special approach by the journalists who cover it. For this week's report on the controversy over human rights in Argentina, Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter was assigned for three weeks to Argentina, where he conducted more than 70 interviews with businessmen, newspaper editors, sociologists, rabbis and government officials. Says McWhirter: "Almost no one passing through Buenos Aires would think there was anything wrong there - the streets are peaceful, the restaurants full, and the tango clubs are still jammed until dawn. It is amazing how ordinary and normal some...
...teams," which conduct two-and three-week training programs for Salvadoran infantry companies. They are members of the 7th Special Forces Battalion based in Panama. All are fluent in Spanish, and most have previously served on similar training teams in other Central or South American countries. TIME Correspondent William McWhirter, who conducted the only interviews given by these officers, found them determined to approach their assignment with cool professionalism. "The only change for us is that there is a shooting war going on," said one combat-experienced officer. Like the other team members, he withheld his name, rank...
...reform program. Since March 1980, 790,000 acres of rich agricultural land have been expropriated from large landholders and are now farmed cooperatively by 62,000 peasant families. Next week, according to the government, the final block of 875,000 acres will be similarly taken over. TIME Correspondent William McWhirter last week visited one of the new cooperatives, the 960-acre Finca Florencia, a coffee plantation 24 miles northwest of San Salvador. His report...
...suitable." To dramatize a complex and tragic history, whether of Asia, America, Europe or Africa, is beyond the powers of all but a few popularists. Of those few, as The Covenant proves, James Michener remains the most suitable bridge between the protagonists of history and the outsider. -By William McWhirter...
...return home. The new government has also moved to legalize the use of foreign exchange derived from the marijuana trade, which is estimated to total $1 billion a year. Last week Seaga gave an exclusive interview about the policies his government will pursue to TIME Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter. Excerpts...