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...nearly 200,000 peasants. Three years ago, the insurgents there were under frequent military attack. Civilian support was minimal. Today government troops dare only sporadic attacks, and they are frequently beaten back by peasant militias fighting alongside regular combatants. "We have established political control over the area," says "Raul," the rebel commander, "and now we are moving toward military control as well." He and other guerrilla leaders have lately obtained AK-47 assault rifles. They say the guns were bought from the Nicaraguan contras; U.S. and Salvadoran authorities insist that the Sandinistas supplied them. "The fact that we have these...
...emergence of leftist insurrection shocked Argentines and revived fears that haunt the nation. As military analyst Andres Fontana put it, "People don't want a return to terrorism, and they don't want to give any space back to the military." A visibly shaken President Raul Alfonsin sought to quell any speculation that Argentina might be returning to the bloody ideological battles of the 1970s. "This is our opportunity to demonstrate to the world that we have learned from our past," he counseled...
...humanist hunk, thoughtful father, loyal friend, gentle lover and, oh, yes, a cocaine dealer. Now he wants to retire -- no pension, thank you, but no penance either. No police heat courtesy of an old-buddy cop (Kurt Russell). And no mortal wounds from rival coke kingpins or Mexican comandantes (Raul Julia). Just a cozy table for two with a hard-to-get restaurateur (Michelle Pfeiffer) who chirps skepticism like a tequila mockingbird...
...very volatile issue," said Raul Perez'89, who lives one hour away from McFarland inFresno...
...biggest overseas bases. Unhappy with the annual $181 million the U.S. had been paying, Manila initially demanded $2.3 billion in yearly compensation. The U.S. countered with a first offer of $360 million but later added to the package. After signing the pact in Washington last week, Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus maintained that the U.S. had come close to meeting Manila's minimum demands in a "creative" three-part package that consists of $481 million a year in cash and direct assistance, as well as $355 million in "soft" loans and financial guarantees. The beauty part, according to Manglapus...