Word: rios
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...international incident with Mexico. A shift in the wind pushed the device back into Texas, where it was deflated by remote control. In April a balloon at Marfa, Texas, was buffeted on the ground by winds and self- destructed. Another balloon that was due to be installed at Rio Grande City, Texas, has not yet been floated. That leaves just three aloft. But even when these helium-inflated giants are trouble-free, on-line agents question their effectiveness. They cannot be flown in bad weather, and the drug activity they pinpoint is often in remote terrain that undermanned law- enforcement...
...period of strict economic austerity, gangs of kidnapers are bidding to become Brazil's richest citizens. More than two dozen people, mostly businessmen, have been abducted and held for ransom in Rio de Janeiro so far this year. Last week brought the third in six days...
Police say the perpetrators are organized criminals who find kidnaping easier and more profitable than robbing banks or dealing drugs. Last month a prominent Rio citizen, Roberto Medina, was released after 15 days, when his family paid at least $2.5 million...
President Fernando Collor de Mello said last week that the government had to "stop Rio from becoming a new Chicago." Local critics suggested that a better comparison might be with Medellin, Colombia...
...Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Sandra Burton, Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...