Word: pacheco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Present at the meeting were: Barbara Ackerman, Michael J. Amato, Fred Arsenault, Jerry R. Cole, Donald F. Dailey, Francis H. Duehay, Saundra Graham, Jeanne Lafferty, Robert P. Moncreif, Steve Nelson, Henry F. Owens III, Edward P. Pacheco, Harry Photopoulos, Robert Anthony Romagna '74, Thomas P. Rossi, Leonard J. Russell, Toba L. Singer, Philip S. Shaw, Henry Smilowitz, C. Wendell Smith, and Sarah Jane Ullman...
...years ago for leading a revolt against the Spaniards. For more than five months, the Tupamaros have been holding two other diplomatic hostages: U.S. Agronomist Claude Fly and Brazilian Consul Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide. Last year they murdered Daniel Mitrione, a U.S. AID official, after Uruguayan President Jorge Pacheco Areco refused to ransom him for 160 prisoners, including many Tupamaros...
...announced their ransom terms for Jackson. Whatever they ask might prove academic in any case. The British have considerable influence in Montevideo because they have long been the largest customer for Uruguayan meat, even though British imports dropped recently following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. But President Pacheco declared last August that he would not negotiate with terrorists under any circumstances, and he is expected to stick to his position...
Shaky Foundation. Rather than negotiate, President Pacheco has cracked down on the guerrillas. With no protests from the opposition Blanco Party, he received authorization from Congress to suspend civil rights for 20 days, thus permitting police to make searches without a warrant and to hold suspects without charge or an appearance before a judge. More than 12,000 police and military men are on the case. In their house-to-house search of Montevideo, they have already made 1,500 arrests and detained 75 suspects...
Nonetheless, the Tupamaros remained rather moderate revolutionaries until President Pacheco began earnestly attacking Uruguay's economic problems. By freezing wages and prices, he managed to cut inflation to 14.5% in 1969; in the first half of this year, Uruguay had a favorable trade balance of $15 million. Since the Tupamaros thrive on continued chaos, they felt threatened. As a result, they toughened their tactics...