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...Paulo by a Brazilian scientist in 1957, they have been buzzing northward at a rate of more than 200 miles a year. They have killed thousands of animals and some 150 people during their migration. They entered Honduras about half a year ago and were spotted in El Salvador in June. At this rate the bees could reach the U.S. border as early as 1988. Some scientists have stirred controversy by recommending a 20-mile-wide "bee-free" zone in Mexico to prevent the swarms from descending...
...Administration's increasingly tough words about terrorism have seemed up until now just that: words. Last week, however, the U.S. invoked for the first time a section of a 1984 anti-terrorist law to help track down the gunmen who sprayed bullets into a San Salvador café last month, killing four Marines and two other U.S. citizens. Proclaimed the State Department: "The U.S. Government announces a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the effective prosecution and punishment of those responsible for the murders...
Frustrated by guerrilla attacks on U.S. citizens in Central America, the Reagan White House has weighed a wide variety of retaliatory moves. The latest of these, prompted by the June guerrilla attack on outdoor cafés in San Salvador, in which four off-duty U.S. Marines, two American businessmen and seven other people were shot dead, called for the bombing of a military base in Nicaragua. According to Administration officials, guerrillas are trained at the base, on Nicaragua's Cosigüina Peninsula for attacks on Americans. One suspect in the June attack was identified and traced to the Cosig?...
...fear of killing civilians and alarming U.S. allies in Latin America. According to one well-placed U.S. official, the bombing option "never got that close." Instead, the Administration "put Nicaragua on notice" that it would be held responsible for any future attacks on Americans in Honduras or El Salvador. HEALTH Patients Clog the Hotlines...
With political undertones in his music since the beginning of his career, it is no surprise that Gil began devoting more and more of his time to politics. In the late 80s, he became a councilman in the city of Salvador, where he also served as the president of the environmental commission among other posts...