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Hope for Coalition. The U.S. is counting heavily on Balaguer, and would like to see the sanctions lifted to shore up the economy. But Balaguer has critical problems that must be solved before he can convince the OAS that the Dominican Republic is a stable country proceeding toward democracy. He...
On the highway leading from the airport into the capital, 3,000 workers and students carrying placards reading "Give Us Liberty," "Out with the Trujillos," "We Are Starving," gathered in early morning to await the OAS team. The impatient crowd hooted insults as a Mercedes-Benz purred by, its license...
"We are Dominicans. Don't shoot," cried Economics Professor Rafael Estrella Liz. The police agent fired a burst in the professor's face, then sprayed the crowd. Another man, a mechanic, was killed, dozens wounded. The crowd dragged the body of Professor Estrella to the roadside, and for...
When the OAS cavalcade finally came down the road, 1,000 bedraggled people broke through police lines to engulf the cars and cheer the delegates. In Ciudad Trujillo, the biggest opposition group, the Union Civica, called for three days of mourning with a shutdown of all commerce. At night, military...
The OAS team would have to see.