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...find their proper polling table, voters were required to consult posted lists; few were able to find their names, even with the help of poll officials. As voters wandered back and forth in 100° temperatures, tempers flared. "This shows disrespect for the people," said Antonio Meléndez, a bearded mechanic who spent five hours in the stadium without casting his ballot. "We have been made to suffer for no good reason...
...engines of my jet were already turning when Costa Mendez arrived. He drew an envelope from his pocket, advising me to open it after I was airborne. As the wheels lifted off the runway, I read Costa Méndez's words: "It is absolutely essential and conditio sine qua non that negotiations will have to conclude with a result on Dec. 31, 1982. This result must include a recognition of Argentine sovereignty over the islands." Once again, in an exercise of bad faith unique in my experience as a negotiator, the Argentines had gone back on their word...
...Thatcher. Even when the determination of the British was pointed out in crystal-clear terms, Galtieri replied, "Why are you telling me this? The British won't fight." In this judgment, I believe, he had the agreement if not the tutelage of Nicanor Costa Méndez, the Foreign Minister, who was reportedly the main opponent of my advice. On a number of occasions after Galtieri had showed some movement in the negotiations, Costa Mendez met with me privately and amended what his President had said, hardening the Argentine position and making resolution impossible...
...armed forces are hoping for a lot from the election: that, among other things, it will clear the way for U.S. military and economic aid. The same optimism is not to be found within the Catholic Church. Maria Julia Hernández, director of the human rights office of the archbishopric, doubts the election will bring a decrease in the crimes, tortures and disappearances reported to her office. She says that the majority of these atrocities are perpetrated by the security forces and the army, and only a minority can be attributed to the guerrillas. In 1983, she claims, there...
...Mexican assets, then crossed the border to his $250,000 town house in McAllen, Texas. There, García fired off a letter to President De la Madrid accusing Barragán and the alleged behind-the-scenes "godfather" of the union, Joaquín Hernández Galícia (alias La Quina, a diminutive for his first name) of bilking the union of more than $130 million, 20 times the amount he was accused of taking. García was in a position to know, he later claimed, because he had acted as bagman...