Word: rian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Blumenthal left Zaïre in 1979. But he continued his investigations in Western Europe, obtaining from former Zaïrian Prime Minister Nguza Karl-I-Bond, now living in exile, the estimate that Mobutu's private fortune exceeds $4 billion. Most of it was said to be held in Swiss bank accounts, a point that may explain why the Swiss have been receiving fairly regular payments on loans owed them...
...immediately. Carter took some positive steps regarding Cuba. But whenever there was an advance in relations between Cuba and the U.S., a new incident took place that stopped this process. For instance, at the time of Shaba [in May 1978, when Angola-based Zaïrian rebels struck across the border into Zaïre's Shaba province] there was an unjust attempt to blame that event on Cuba, in spite of the fact that I explained to the U.S. representative here that we were absolutely opposed to what had happened. On the eve of the sixth summit...