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DONANA: SPAIN'S WILDLIFE WILDERNESS by Juan Antonio Fernández. 253 pages. Taplinger. $29.95. Tucked away in a corner of Spain, southwest of Seville, is the Coto de Doñana habitat for rare and endangered species: the imperial and short-toed eagles, great bustard, bee eater, azure-winged magpie and, in migration at least, the great flamingo. Those who want to view this ornithological paradise firsthand should be aware of the customary protocol: visitors must get permits from the director of the local biological station to feast their eyes on its plumed riches. This sumptuous pictorial tour...
...Alegría had regularly received a monocle in his mail-a pointed hint that he should emulate Portugal's António de Spínola and liberate Spain. To foreclose the possibility he was replaced by the more reliable General Carlos Fernández Vallespin...
Rafael Hernández Colon, 37, wrote a brilliant thesis as a law student in Puerto Rico, outlining the cultural, political and economic advantages of the island's commonwealth status. After serving as Secretary of Justice, President of the Senate and head of the Popular Democratic Party, Hernández in 1972 upset the incumbent and became the youngest Governor in Puerto Rican history. Today, with his old thesis for a platform, Hernández is concentrating on improving his island's troubled economy. To increase efficiency, the commonwealth is purchasing the telephone company, and to reduce high...
...Santiago's jails. The junta therefore took over the capital's 100,000-seat National Stadium and converted it into a temporary bastille for 7,000 prisoners. Other detention centers were set up at Concepción on the coast and in the isolated Juan Fernández Islands. Important political prisoners were held in Santiago's military academy. Among them were several members of Allende's Cabinet, including Foreign Minister Clodomiro Almeyda and Interior Minister Carlos Briones...
Hernández has promised to take steps to improve the islanders' living conditions. Per capita income has risen from $121 in 1940 to $1,600 in 1971, higher than that of any Spanish-speaking nation in the Americas, but chronically high rates of inflation and unemployment (now at 12%) still plague the island-a fact Hernández pointed out over and over during his campaign. If he cannot improve upon Ferré's fiscal record, he may well find himself out of office four years from...