Word: panama
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government steadfastly resisted the guerrillas' original demands, for $50 million and the release of 311 political prisoners. But it was said to have put forward a proposal offering the terrorists safe passage out of the country and an aircraft to fly them to Austria, Panama or Switzerland. Also included in the government's package, according to some reports, was the proposal that Pope John Paul II be asked to enter into the negotiations, presumably through an emissary. The terrorists' hooded negotiator was said to have shown some flexibility about the guerrillas' demand for the $50 million, but very little...
...that the Soviet Union will back down in any confrontation with the U.S. One passage that never fails to win loud applause: "The President said we must ratify the SALT H treaty because no one will like us if we don't. He said he should give away the Panama Canal because no one would like us if he didn't. It is time to tell the President, 'We don't care if they like us or not. We intend to be respected throughout the world...
Diplomatic sources said yesterday three Latin American countries--Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama--have also offered the guerrillas political asylum...
...militants in the embassy echoed Khomeini, adding that "if the Shah is not extradited, any expectation . . . about the reconsideration of the situation of the hostages is a foolish expectation." Lawyers retained by Tehran are expected to file extradition papers in the next week or so in Panama, where the Shah has been living in exile. Though Panama probably will hear the suit, chances are very slim that it will hand over Iran's former ruler...
...world got out of aluminum siding and land sales and into commodity options." The New York State attorney general's office and the CFTC, in a complaint filed jointly in federal district court in Manhattan, have charged 30 companies and 37 individuals in eight states and Panama with illegally selling oil futures contracts. These commit the buyer to purchase petroleum for either delivery or resale by an agreed date. The firms-among them, International Petroleum Exchange Inc., Bartex Petroleum Corp. and Comercial Petrolera Internacional S.A.-are specifically accused of using false promotional material, failing to disclose risks and defrauding...