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...Vargas Pazos, 51, chief of Ecuador's joint armed forces command, complained that he had not been informed of a practice alert at the Defense Ministry in Quito. The impetuous Vargas, who is nicknamed "Loco," quickly found himself in a quarrel with the Defense Minister, General Luis Piñeiros Rivera, and the army chief, General Manuel Maria Albuja. Shots were heard inside the ministry. Piñeiros promptly fired Vargas, who in turn charged Piñeiros with accepting a kickback in the purchase of a plane for the national airline. Vargas also alleged that Albuja had diverted defense funds in order...
Some Salvadorans saw the quake as a portent and reminder of the nation's bloody fighting. Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, who has mediated between the government and guerrilla forces, called the tragedy a sign from God. It was "specially directed," said the Archbishop, "to those that have the power of decision" to end the civil...
Still, there is a possible upside to cell phones in subways. MBTA spokeswomen Lydia M. Rivera said in an interview that the wireless network is an additional measure of security for commuters, nicely complementing the If you see something, say something poster campaign. Transportation Secretary Daniel A. Grabauskas said in the release, It also has a critical public security aspect to it, as passengers will have increased ability to report safety issues to the appropriate personnel...
...negotiations mediated by San Salvador's Roman Catholic Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas, the Duarte administration agreed to the kidnapers' demand that 22 political prisoners be freed. The government also granted safe conduct out of El Salvador to 101 wounded guerrillas in need of medical treatment. In return, the F.M.L.N. handed over Duarte Durán and Villeda to intermediaries in the bombed-out town of Tenancingo, north of San Salvador. The rebels also began releasing 33 mayors and municipal officials abducted during the past six months...
...that she is less Joe McCarthy and more a right-wing Ali G, acting out a character who utters what the rest of us won't. ("That led him to masturbate into [White House] sinks?" she asked in 1999, when President Clinton's rough childhood was mentioned on Rivera Live...