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Another factor in ARENA's favor was a leadership change. In 1985 former Army Intelligence Major Roberto d'Aubuisson, linked by Duarte and the U.S. to the death squads, quit as party president under pressure from Washington. But he remains a key figure in ARENA, and he drew large enthusiastic crowds at campaign rallies. D'Aubuisson's successor is Alfredo Cristiani, a graduate of Washington's Georgetown University and scion of a wealthy coffee-growing family. His soft-spoken approach evidently convinced some Salvadorans that the party had moderated its views, and many were further swayed by ARENA's slick...
...Crusade expects more Panamanians to join the struggle against Noriega as the economic noose tightens. "People don't think parties or Crusade," said Roberto Brenes, a Crusade leader and former investment banker. "They think their bellies." To strengthen its clout, the Crusade last week agreed to back a government of national reconciliation, headed by Delvalle, to replace the Noriega-dominated regime...
...shadowy death-squad allies. But unforgiving El Salvador had appeared in recent years to forget the pursuit of its beloved Archbishop's assassins -- until last week. Speaking to reporters at the Ilopango military air base, President Jose Napoleon Duarte announced that an informant had linked Romero's murder to Roberto d'Aubuisson, Duarte's rightist political foe and a former army major long suspected of masterminding the killing. Said the President: "At this moment, I am telling the people and the world that I have completed my promise to uncover this abominable crime...
...member of the country's legislature, D'Aubuisson cannot be prosecuted. A report by Salvadoran Attorney General Roberto Giron Flores has concluded, however, that Garay's testimony is sufficient to label the politician the "intellectual author" of the crime. Last week El Salvador's Justice Ministry began taking formal steps to convince the National Assembly that it should strip D'Aubuisson of his immunity so that he can be charged. Duarte's Christian Democratic Party has a clear majority in the legislature, 33 seats, compared with the 13 of D'Aubuisson's Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA). Duarte, who defeated...
Clemson Record: 16-5-1 Nickname: Tigers Conference: Atlantic Coast Top Scorers: Bruce Murray (19-9--47) Pearce Torme (9-4--22) Goalie: Roberto Marinaro (.780 g.a.a, 43 saves) Last NCAA Appearance: 1984 (champion...