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...Gierek had been stricken with a "serious heart disturbance" and was being attended by five physicians, including the Minister of Health. But the proceedings continued, and in his televised address Premier Jozef Pinkowski eloquently recommended that the strike agreement be adopted so that the government could go on and "rebuild the confidence of the nation...
...from some of its grandiose early promises. Though the pay of army privates has been tripled, to $250 a month, only the lowest-paid government employees have received raises. The price of rice remains high at $22 for a 110-lb. bag, exactly what it was under Tolbert. To rebuild the confidence of foreign investors, Liberia's new rulers have accepted stringent economic measures laid down by the International Monetary Fund in exchange for $85 million in credit. In particular, public spending will be drastically cut to reduce a $20 million-a-month deficit...
...first martyred female FSLN comandante, and aims to "transform, little by little, the situation of margination and backwardness of the Nicaraguan women." According to Silvia Reyes, and AMNLAE leader, that means helping women to deal with machismo in personal relationships, and to use economic and political potential to rebuild war-torn Nicaragua...
Mugabe's polished, conciliatory tone was in keeping with what he most wanted from his trip: money for his country. He estimated that Zimbabwe would need "something on the order of $1.5 billion in the immediate future" to rebuild its economy, and a total of $4 billion for redevelopment. At a luncheon of the Foreign Policy Association in Manhattan's elegant Plaza Hotel, he said Zimbabwe would welcome investment by any U.S. company that allows some measure of local control, pays decent wages, permits unions and plows some of its earnings back into the host country. Promised Mugabe...
...Polish economy could afford to lower meat prices as the workers have asked, he made it clear that his own priorities are more political than economic. "We are aware of what we are demanding," he said. "We don't want to drown Poland. We want to rebuild her. I am willing to work for a plate of soup a day, but I must feel that I have the right to say something about the situation...