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...Washington feared might be "another Cuba," the politically volatile Caribbean nation (pop. 5.7 million) last week demonstrated the resilience of its fledgling democracy. Moderate Social Democrat Salvador Jorge Blanco of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (P.R.D.) became the country's fourth freely elected President since the assassination of Dictator Rafael Trujillo...
...months ago TIME commissioned the PORI Institute, a highly respected Tel Aviv public opinion research organization, to conduct a poll in the West Bank. PORI is directed by its founder Rafael Gill, 51, a sociologist with an M.A. from New York City's New School for Social Research. Since 1966 PORI has been surveying opinion on topics of current interest; its polls are regularly published by the independent newspaper Ha'aretz...
Walters' mission was not the first such overture. Haig had had a private meeting with Cuban Vice President Carlos Rafael Rodríguez last November in Mexico City. From the U.S. perspective, the discussions have not gone as well as they might have, since the Cubans refuse to address the problem of Havana's adventurism in Latin America and Africa. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders told a House Appropriations subcommittee last week: "We have tried to talk with Cuba in the past, and it would be wrong to rule out trying again. But the record is daunting...
...Portillo of Mexico feels that tension in the region could be reduced through direct discussions between Washington and Havana. Said he last week: "I am absolutely certain that Cuba is willing to negotiate all the questions worrying the security of the U.S." Haig and Cuban Vice President Carlos Rafael Rodriguez met secretly last November in Mexico City, and Haig indicated in his Senate testimony last week that there have been other secret discussions. Said the Secretary: "I can assure you the President has never rejected the concept of exploring every conceivable means possible. Discussions have involved all the contributors...
...forces against Palestine Liberation Organization strongholds in southern Lebanon. That assault was narrowly averted last week, though perhaps not for long. TIME has learned that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, in a last-minute decision, rejected a plan by Defense Minister Ariel Sharon and Chief of Staff Lieut. General Rafael Eitan that could have led to war in Lebanon...