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Puerto Rican independence party leader Ruben Berrios rapped commonwealth "colonialism" as a thing of the past, saying the island "is a colony of the United States basically for the same reasons it was a colony of Spain--for geopolitical reasons...
...Artists United Against Apartheid, as many as 49 performers sing on Sun City, whose title evokes a Vegas-style entertainment complex stuck improbably in a South African "homeland." Jazz (Miles Davis) is on the record. So is folk (Jackson Browne, Raitt), Latin (Ruben Blades) and reggae (Jimmy Cliff), along with the royalty of rock, both domestic (Daryl Hall) and imported (Pete Townshend, Ringo Starr). Van Zandt's original concept for a single and a dance remix has become a mini-LP of material. Among the tracks: a coruscating jazz version of Sun City by Davis, Keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Bass Player...
...between the government and representatives of the leftist guerrilla groups are unlikely until after the elections. Reason: mounting right-wing opposition to a negotiated settlement. Rebel leaders, of course, contend that the breakdown of the peace talks means the Salvadoran military is now effectively back in control. According to Ruben Zamora, the bearded vice president of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, the guerrilla movement's political arm, "Duarte has no power...
...RUBEN BLADES Y SEIS DEL SOLAR: BUSCANDO AMERICA (Elektra/Asylum). The title translates as "Searching for America." But no translation is necessary to catch the salsa rhythms and deft jazz inflections that surround these political parables...
...economic report warns that the budget deficit is "heading in the wrong direction," and will reach $177 billion, $10 billion more than the Reagan Administration's latest estimate. "I don't buy the esoteric economic arguments that budget deficits aren't so bad," said TRW Chairman Ruben Mettler. "The deficit absolutely must be dealt with...