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...other times, such tactics might have prevailed, but the mighty Marcos machine was running against a totally unconventional movement. The Aquino campaign, long on enthusiasm and short on organization, sometimes resembled a political Woodstock. As Aquino and her vice-presidential nominee, Salvador ("Doy") Laurel, crisscrossed 68 provinces, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos from all walks of life swarmed to hear the presidential challenger repeat a simple talk. At each stop, Aquino related the alleged suffering her family had endured at the hands of the Marcos government, culminating in her husband's 1983 assassination. She capped each speech with a slogan...
...commitment to "extend the family of freedom," he promised to help freedom fighters everywhere in order to assure that "all God's children" will achieve their dreams. But Reagan remembers this commitment only in Afghanistan, Angola, and Nicaragua--all countries with Soviet backed governments. He conveniently forgot El Salvador, the Phillipines, and Chile. The struggle by Black South Africans to end apartheid was noticably absent from his text...
Vice-Presidential Candidate Salvador Laurel, who issues this warning repeatedly at opposition rallies, is not alone in voicing the fear that Ferdinand Marcos will somehow rig the Feb. 7 elections to ensure his victory. The U.S., equally concerned, has insisted that the Marcos government officially accredit the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), an independent group that helped prevent widespread fraud in the 1984 parliamentary elections, to monitor the balloting. In addition, President Reagan last week appointed a delegation of lawmakers and private citizens to observe the vote. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, agreed...
...move considered crucial to the future of his government, President Jose Napoleon Duarte last week announced a long-awaited plan to strengthen El Salvador's economy. He told the country, in a televised speech and press conference, that the program creates a "war economy" designed to halt the "gangrene" that has afflicted El Salvador, which now has 45% unemployment and 40% annual inflation...
...heart of the plan is a devaluation of El Salvador's currency, a measure recommended by U.S. officials but resisted by Duarte because it would raise & prices of essential imported goods. The government had kept down the price of such imports, including chemical and petroleum products, by maintaining an artificially high exchange rate for its currency. Duarte sought to blunt the immediate effects of devaluation by freezing prices on medicines and basic foods. He also increased salaries for government workers 17%, hiked the minimum daily wage for peasants and industrial workers from $1 to $1.60, and froze rents...