Word: robertos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Richard N. Ostling. Reported by Michael P. Harris /Washington and Roberto Suro/Rome, with other bureaus
...conspirators had met with the assassin two dozen times over the past two months. They had paid him $100,000, plus $20,000 in expense fees, and promised him $200,000 more after the deed was done. His mission: kill Roberto Suazo Cordova, 57, President of Honduras, before mid-November. During the civil chaos that would presumably follow the assassination, the plotters intended to seize control of the Central American state. There was one catch: unknown to them, the hired assassin was working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
...Roberto Suro/Rome
...Roberto C. Goizueta, 52, board chairman of Coca-Cola, the parent company of Columbia Pictures, on his lack of box-office acumen: "When I came out of [Columbia's] Ghostbusters, I thought, 'Gee, we're going to lose our shirts...
...country's extreme right, on the other hand, took strong exception to the peace mission. The secret Anti-Communist Army, one of El Salvador's death squads, named Duarte as a target for execution. The President was bitterly criticized by Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of the ultraright Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and a former presidential candidate. The La Palma meeting, D'Aubuisson said, was "a monologue between old buddies for the same cause: socialism." But D'Aubuisson is increasingly the odd man out in Salvadoran politics: conservative business elements in ARENA supported Duarte...