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...Moore, winning the seat on the first round will be tough. His chief rival is Democrat John Breaux, 42, a handsome seven-term Congressman from Cajun country down in the state's southwestern bayou parishes. Moore and Breaux have all but ignored other contenders, like State Senate President Sammy Nunez, choosing instead to turn their fire on each other. Moore is the solid front runner. He has presented himself as a staunch Reagan Republican, appealing to conservative Democrats disillusioned by their party's mismanagement of state affairs. "The people in this state know that the rest of the country...
When Alberto Nunez returned to the remains of his home near the devastated town of Armero last week, he was startled to see smoke curling from the earthen hut of one of his neighbors, Maria Rosa Elvira Echeverry, 66. A closer look revealed a miracle. Twenty-four days after mudslides triggered by the volcanic eruption of Nevado del Ruiz had laid waste to the town and killed 23,000 people, there was Echeverry, safe and relatively sound, in her partially mud-covered house. She had survived on a diet of cracked barley, raw sugar and rice...
Only days before Nunez discovered her, the destitute widow had run out of provisions, and was reduced to sharing a bowl of muddy water with the yellow- haired mongrel that had kept her company for nearly a month. The smoke from ^ her fire, which she had built to ward off mosquitoes and flies, had saved her life. Rescue workers whisked Echeverry to a nearby field hospital, where doctors declared her "amazingly fit, considering her ordeal." She was then transferred to an old people's home. There, her rescuers reported, she was still not sure what all the fuss was about...
Qualifying for refugee status or asylum is extremely difficult, but the appeals process can take years. "Jamming the system buys time," notes Peter Nunez, U.S. Attorney in San Diego. "Delays work to the benefit of the aliens." Manhattan Lawyer Richard Silverblatt pleaded guilty this year to criminal charges after he filed a series of phony asylum applications. His ; clients, who did not know how he was keeping them in the country, happily paid his fees...
Without question, the contra campaign is having a severe effect on the Sandinistas' ability to run the country. The fighting now drains off over half the regime's budget. Says Daniel Nunez, a Sandinista deputy in the National Assembly: "The war is a curse." Billboards throughout the country implore EVERYTHING FOR THE COMBATANTS, EVERYTHING FOR THE WAR FRONT. Draftees as young as twelve are willing to die for the cause, but increasing numbers of middle-class parents are sending their sons out of the country. Many Nicaraguans have grown increasingly disenchanted with the Sandinistas over the past few months. Consumer...