Word: sanchez
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...telephone. No television. No intrusions from the outside world. Or so Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez thought when he, his wife Margarita and their two young children settled into a remote beach house on the Pacific coast for a long weekend. Did he ever get it wrong. Through a complicated patchwork of radio signals, Arias was contacted from the capital city of San Jose by his younger brother Rodrigo, who serves as his chief of staff. "They've given you the Nobel Peace Prize," shouted Rodrigo...
THERE is no doubt that President Oscar Arias Sanchez was a deserving recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. His plan for peace in Central America deserves praise. It is judicious, moderate, and, most of all, the best that could have been expected...
...Nicaragua is prohibited), we can only judge it on its past actions. Would a truly legitimate government need to censor the press, force all opposition candidates out of its "free" presidential elections, and murder, torture, and jail political dissenters? Opposition leaders, such as Edgar Chamorro, Arturo Cruz, Maria Aristides Sanchez, and Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, are surely much more legitimate representatives of the Nicaraguan people than Ortega and the Sandinistas...
PRESIDENT Oscar Arias Sanchez of Costa Rica has worked hard for peace in Central America, one of the most troubled regions of the globe. The Nobel Committee made an inspired and timely choice by awarding him the Peace Prize...
...House of Representatives hummed with excitement as Congressmen and Senators, many with their spouses and children in tow, awaited the man of the hour. When Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez arrived, the crowd swept to its feet as shouts of "Bravo! Bravo!" echoed through the chamber. That exuberant welcome was a measure of the respect that Arias has won on Capitol Hill for the peace plan conceived by him and signed two months ago by five Central American Presidents in Guatemala City. Arias' 30-minute address to the informal joint gathering of Congress was teeming with platitudes and somewhat...