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...anticipation of the upcoming elections in El Salvador, TIME asked Mario Vargas Llosa, the distinguished Peruvian novelist and critic, to travel about the country and gather an impression of the candidates and of the atmosphere. His report...
...summer classic rarely seen on U.S. menus is Portugal's caldo verde, a delicate blend of kale, potatoes and sausage. One chapter is devoted to vegetable potages, including the soupe au pistou of southern France, Italian garbanzo and pasta soup, and gazpacho. Fish soups include a spicy Peruvian chowder, Italian zuppa di pesce, and a Mediterranean concoction flavored with Pernod, as well as an elegant oyster stew and a striped-bass offering from Manhattan...
Airlines have been slow to go for radar. The sets are expensive and cut payload. But this week the Peruvian International Airways started the first regularly scheduled passenger service (between New York and Santiago, Chile) completely safeguarded by radar. P.I.A.'s radars (made by General Electric) weigh 150 lbs. in all, but show a clear map of the country below. The pilot knows where he is-and where the obstacles are-in all weathers...
...through the atmosphere and interconnected oceans, disrupted global weather; some scientists believe that is contributing to the unseasonably hot summer east of the Rocky Mountains. Storm centers moved to new paths in mid-Pacific, causing unusual storms in Hawaii and the worst recorded hurricane in the history of Tahiti. Peruvian officials estimate that overheated ocean waters destroyed about one-half of that nation's normal commercial fishing catch. Winds, waves and storms smashed California beaches last winter, while Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, southern Africa and southern India all suffered from drought. "A year of natural catastrophe," says...
...insistence that Namibian independence be linked to the withdiawal of an estimated 30,000 Cuban Hoops in neighboring Angola. Although the issue was sidestepped last week, the negotiators had, as Perez de Cuellar put it, made "meaningful progress." The most significant accomplishment, perhaps, was intangible. The low-key Peruvian Secretary-General convinced the South African government that he was not biased in favor of the South-West Africa People's Organization of Namibia (SWAPO), the guerrilla group that has been fighting for Namibian independence since 1966. By winning the confidence of South Africa's leaders, Perez de Cuellar...