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Perhaps the most unusual proposal to date comes from a Peruvian economist, who has suggested swapping debt for the creation of an antidrug fund. Under the scheme, debts held by overseas commercial banks would be handed over to the central bank of the debtor. The commercial banks would be able to write off the debt as a loss and donation for tax purposes, while the debtor country would put a percentage of the debt into a local currency deposit. The interest would be directed into an antidrug fund for financing crop substitution and other development projects in areas where cocaine...
...years ago to distinguish the "cold event" from El Nino, "the boy" or "Christ child," so named because it usually makes its appearance near Christmastime. Marked by an influx of warm water and winds from the western Pacific, El Nino is known to bring heavy winter rains to Peruvian deserts and warm weather to the U.S. West Coast. The two systems make up the extremes of a giant meteorological system called the Southern Oscillation that links the ocean and atmosphere in the Pacific. Normally the system functions as a giant heat pump, distributing energy from the equator to the higher...
With widespread rumors of an imminent coup, the Peruvian military has published several statements promising to "respect democracy"; a once-popular, supposedly populist President Garcia has nevertheless sent his wife and children out of the country. Peru's United Left party now has an excellent chance of winning the 1990 elections--if these elections are held...
Pinochet ran a bloody and restrictive campaign. One protest just before the plebiscite ended in three deaths and 846 arrests; a Chilean music festival three months ago banned a Peruvian singer whose song, "Don't Make Love to Me" had a chorus of "No, no, no, no, no." In Peru--where lack of censorship allows the sale of Victor Jara's music--Chile's neighbors and exiles voted with speeches, conferences, and wishes. They, for now, are safe. But in Chile, with Pinochet conscious of the strong opposition, terror grows...
...Peruvian friends are pleased with my choice. Dukakis talks peace in Central America, speaks Spanish and studied at Lima's University de San Marcos. Vice President George Bush is a former CIA head, part of an Administration that broke U.S. law to continue Nicaragua's civil war and a supporter of the Republican tradition in foreign policy. Every Republican since World War II has aided the bloody overthrow of a Latin American government...