Word: settlements
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Finally, the argument that aid to the Contras provides the Reagan Administration with needed leverage to negotiate a settlement with the Nicaraguan government is hardly credible. The State Department has consistently denied reports of Contra atrocities and the presence of ex-Somacistas in rebel units. It has twice ignored attempts by other Latin American nations to start negotiations through the Contadora process. We heard the same rhetoric last year about negotiations; what has been done...
Moreover, the fact that it can command the Cubans to leave represents a considerable degree of freedom. In Senator Stephen J. Solarz's (D-NY) words, "If, in the context of a Namibia settlement, they asked the Cubans to leave, there is every reason to believe they would do so." Clearly then, the Reagan Administration has the means with which to attain a diplomatic solution...
...fear that his palace was about to be attacked, but seemed determined to stay on as President. At Marcos' request, Laxalt then went to the White House, where he discussed the conversation with Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz. The President repeated his desire for a peaceful, negotiated settlement in the Philippines and said once more that Marcos would be welcome if he decided to seek sanctuary in the U.S. But Reagan said he thought the idea of power sharing was impractical and that it would be undignified for Marcos to stay on as a "consultant...
Apparently not. Last October Sherri Clark, an 18-year-old sorority pledge, died at a party sponsored by two sororities when after drinking heavily, she fell from a bridge. And in Texas, Kappa Alpha Rusty Combes, 26, won a $21 million out- of-court settlement for injuries sustained in an auto accident after a fraternity blowout. Along with the plain human tragedy, notes Cincinnati Attorney Robert Manley, such disasters have "the potential for bankrupting every fraternity in the country." The societies know it, and the bottom line of ruinous insurance payouts and premiums has pushed them to clean up their...
...peace in the region. The Reagan Administration, which last week asked Congress for an additional $100 million in aid for the contras, was unimpressed. Said a State Department spokesman: "It's nice they're having these bilateral accords, but they can't take the place of a regional, verifiable settlement...