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...major candidates entered in the field and the election only six weeks away, the Dominicans were acting with unaccustomed calm. All the parties seemed ready to abide by the election results, and even the military promised the winner full cooperation. The campaign was conspicuously subdued. Even the memory of Santo Domingo's violent fighting and demonstrations was quietly receding...
...BRAZIL Volunteers will work with the National School Lunch program in primary school nutrition and related community development activities in the states of Goias and Espirito Santo...
...walkout was supported by ex-President Juan Bosch and proved highly effective. Factories and sugar mills shut down, dock workers stomped off their jobs, and even Santo Domingo's airport had to be closed. With the nation headed toward full paralysis, Rivera Caminero finally took the hint. Turning control of the armed forces over to Colonel Enrique Perez y Perez, he sailed off to the U.S. aboard a Dominican Navy frigate...
That didn't satisfy the leftists, who this time were apparently determined to try to break the army's power completely. At week's end, the general strike was still on, and gunfire rattled through the streets of Santo Domingo...
...changed his mind. "The armed forces," said Caminero, "are agreed that in the best interests of the fatherland, we cannot accept the presidential decision, and we are hopeful he will reconsider." At week's end Caminero met with the OAS's Alvim and agreed to turn Radio Santo Domingo over to the OAS. But that was all that Caminero agreed to. As for the Rebel Leader Caamaño, he was keeping silent and-like everyone else in the country-watchful...