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...Hightower's tub-thumping has prompted resentment among industry giants like Othal Brand, a vegetable grower in the Rio Grande valley. Says Brand: "The little farmer has gone the way of the oxcart. Leave it up to Hightower, and we'd be like India." Among Hightower's powerful foes are chemical companies, which he alienated by pushing a tough pesticide law in 1985 and nearly doubling the number of produce inspectors...
...David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Sandra Burton Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...
...scrutinizes their pleas. But to stem a surge of arrivals from Central America, the INS delayed granting work permits until asylum applications could be processed and told the refugees to remain near their point of entry until the paperwork was completed. The new regulations helped turn the Rio Grande Valley into a giant alien way station...
NATION: A torrent of refugees from Central America pours across the Rio Grande, creating an immigration crisis...
Stroessner landed at 5:55 p.m. in Campinas, 290 iniles southwest of Rio de Janeiro, on a Paraguay Airlines Boeing 707, then left on another aircraft for the small town of Itumbiara in the central Brazilian state of Goias, Brazilian sources said...