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...producing signs of an opportunity for diplomatic movement. Harassed by U.S.-backed guerrillas operating along its borders, the Marxist-led Sandinista government of Nicaragua gave subtle hints that it might be willing to make a deal. The suggestion was made by Sandinista Leaders Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Sergio Ramirez Mercado in interviews with TIME (see box), and was embedded in the usual condemnations of U.S. policy. Ortega and Ramirez not only restated Nicaragua's longstanding willingness to link the two issues in negotiations, but also reiterated their desire for such a dialogue with fresh urgency. They also offered perhaps...
...Caribbean basin, with its exploding population of nearly 200 million, but the price has been high. Each new hotel or factory takes away a bit of jungle, sometimes replacing valuable mangrove, whose matted roots provide shelter and sustenance for aquatic life. Says Puerto Rico's Arsenio Rodriguez Mercado, a scientific adviser to the U.N. Environment Program: "Sewage generated by 30 million people is dumped more or less untreated into the Caribbean." On some islands, hotels discharge wastes into the waters where guests swim. Adding to the mess are the cruise ships and yachts anchored offshore...
...collections of picturesque coral and nourishing sea grasses, the Caribbean's shallow coastal waters are a rich breeding ground for sea life, ranging from shrimp, mollusks and crustaceans to numerous varieties of finfish. Any major disturbance of this fragile ecosystem could have far-reaching repercussions. Unfortunately, as Rodriguez Mercado notes, there is little awareness of the economic importance of these resources. Few officials seem willing to trade off the immediate payoff of a new hotel for the long-term benefits of a protected reef or thriving coastal estuary...
...such losses in the future, but even the most sophisticated technologies have so far been little help against the growing threat of Caribbean oil spills. In addition, there is the danger of seepage from offshore fields along the coasts of the U.S., Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico. Rodriguez Mercado points out that past experience suggests that 6.7% of total offshore oil production will spill into the sea because of such mishaps as blowouts, platform fires and other accidents. The world's largest oil spill, in fact, occurred in the Caribbean when a well being drilled by Pemex...
...American Cats were, at first, more perplexed than critical. "When Gillian showed us the steps," says Hector Jaime Mercado, 33, "they looked like the most peculiar damn things-no sense of flow or rhythm." Steven Gelfer knows why: "To turn us into cats, Gillian has departed from the traditional dance vocabulary. Her movement is difficult and very exciting." She is ever on the move, urging her dancers: "Think jazz. Think under the beat, not on it. Step over a huge piece of marshmallow, something soft. Those bottoms could be naughtier! And now, let's do it once more, just...