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...second propaganda setback for the U.S. in its dealings with Nicaragua since September, when the Sandinistas caught Washington off balance by abruptly accepting "in its totality and without modification" the draft of a regional nonaggression treaty. The proposed agreement had been produced by the so-called Contadora countries-Colombia, Panama, Mexico and Venezuela-and the U.S. had supported their deliberations. But Washington still has misgivings about the draft accord, namely about the lack of adequate verification and control mechanisms to ensure Nicaraguan compliance...
Uruguay thus became the latest country in Latin America to replace dictatorship with democracy over the past few years. Others include Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and Peru. Brazil and Guatemala might join the democratic club next year. In Washington, where Sanguinetti is viewed as a moderate who favors close ties with the U.S., a State Department spokesman praised "the manner in which the elections were conducted...
...arms limitation agreement is unverifiable," responded Koppel. "Moreover, he U.S. government opposed only that one form of the Contadora agreement." "There is only one form I know of," replied D'Escoto, "signed by Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Venezuela and Nicaragua, rejected by the U.S." And again to the core of the matter: "The U.S. government did not and will not sign because the Reagen administration is committed to the overthrow of the Sandinistas...
GREENE'S treatment of Panama is less successful. Getting To Know The General is an account of four visits, none longer than three weeks, which Greene made between 1976 and 1980 Though the General was Greene's host, the writer spent most of his time visiting the far corners of the country accompanied only by the fascinating Chuchu, a Marxist math professor who was Torrijos' bodyguard But Greene's travel writing falters Characters float in and out without explanation and personal relationships are never resolved. Greene's major preoccupation while in Panama, if we may judge from the repeated mention...
...they are not the point of the book. While Getting To Know The General is dedicated to "the friends of my friend, Omar Torrijos," its real goal is to eulogize the Panamanian leader. To the list of the General's accomplishments, not the least of which was setting Panama on the road to becoming only the second Central American nation to form a lasting democracy, Greene adds a deeply personal, very moving look at the man. Early in the book, Greene explains his interest in Latin America by noting that politics there were usually "a matter of life and death...