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...crash on Wall Street, which knocked the wind out of the Mexican stock market. Since Black Monday, the total value of shares on the exchange has plunged by more than 70%, from $38 billion to $11 billion. Says Salvador Kalifa, an economic consultant from the northern city of Monterrey: "Gossip and rumors take precedence over all else. All people want is to get rid of their portfolios." The market collapse made Mexicans nervous about the peso...
...journalists and spectators jammed the small, steamy courtroom in Managua last week, the trial of Eugene Hasenfus began. Escorted by six guards, the jeans-clad ex-Marine glumly made his way to a seat before the People's Tribunal. For the next 80 minutes, Tribunal President Reynaldo Monterrey read the list of charges: terrorism, violation of public security, conspiracy to commit illicit acts. As Monterrey droned on, it became clear that more was at stake than the fate of Hasenfus, who was captured ferrying weapons to U.S.-backed contra rebels after Sandinista troops shot down an American ! Fairchild C-123K...
Walter Mondale became serious about cigars when he was in the Senate. His taste was, well, rather random. He took anything offered. Once he became Vice President, he had access to the really fine leaves, like Hoyo de Monterrey. House Speaker Tip O'Neill, who relished the Cubans and other top grades, tutored Mondale. "You better take advantage of the good cigars," he counseled. "You don't get much else in that job." Mondale listened...
...rugby team of Long Beach State College, which will also compete in the finals, is receiving $1000 from its Student Body Association to finance the trek to Monterrey, according to Dr. Dale Toohey, the team's coach...
According to LaRouche supporter Susan Bowen, Klein served as an advisor to the Monterrey business-financier group which she claims was responsible for destroying the Mexican economy by forcing the country to cease government industrial projects and social services...