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...government tried to blame "the Marxist left and foreign intervention" for the bloodshed. But even well-known supporters of the regime disagreed. The government, declared the respected conservative daily El Mercurio, "should strengthen itself by regaining the confidence of those who, ten years ago, massively demanded the intervention of the armed forces." There was no sign that Pinochet was listening. At week's end Chilean police launched a series of raids in Santiago, arresting about 1,000 people...
...underlying goal of the Administration throughout has been to provide the necessary military support for El Salvador in order to protect it against subversion while it attempts to strengthen its economy and domestic political institutions. As Reagan said last week, "We do not view security assistance as an end in itself but as a shield for democratization, economic development and diplomacy...
Both parties favor strong ties with the U.S., continued Portuguese membership in NATO and measures to strengthen free enterprise. Scares, however, has often been at ideological loggerheads with the Social Democrats, especially on the issue of state ownership of industry. "The Portuguese people must understand that democracy is not made in haste," Scares warned last week, admitting the possibility of long negotiations...
...Corporation, for instance, has opposed shareholder resolutions such as the one last year calling on IBM to halt its South Africa operations. It ignored that the nature of the computer company's operations--providing some hardware for the South African security apparatus--would surely seem more to strengthen apartheid's grip on the country than to contribute to the welfare of its Black workers. Last year the Corporation tried to water down its policy even more by ending its automatic ban on investing in banks that make loans to the South African government. Only student protest and a unanimous ACSR...
...also said to have told Hussein that he knew his Middle East peace initiative would cost him Jewish votes but that he could win reelection without them. The White House has formally denied this story. Reagan has personally disavowed it to close aides, managing at the same time to strengthen their conviction that he will run. "He sounded like a man who was counting constituent groups," says one aide, describing a conversation in which Reagan insisted that he was not writing off Jewish votes...