Word: oases
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On the Sandinista regime. What happened there was a hijacking. The people of Nicaragua set out to get rid of a, certainly you could not call it a totalitarian government, but an authoritarian government: the Somoza dictatorship. The revolutionaries appealed to the Organization of American States and said, "Would you...
Speaking at a meeting of the Political Council of the Organization of American States, Venezuelan Ambassador Edilberto Moreno said it was necessary to reiterate the obligation of all member states of the OAS "to solve their controversies exclusively by peaceful means and to abstain from the use of force directly...
Chile's new ambassador to the OAS, Javier Illanes, declared his country's "decided support for the Contadora peace efforts."
Prior to the OAS speech, Alfonsin held what was probably the most crucial of all his meetings in the U.S., a breakfast session with Jacques de Larosiere, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. The IMF had promised Argentina $1.4 billion in special credits in return for compliance with...
The President may be revolutionary, but he is not reckless. To ensure that he does not stray too far from current thinking, he appends a reference to international law: "Support for freedom fighters is self-defense and totally consistent with the OAS and U.N. charters."