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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Trinidad residents have actually seen the Americans, camped out at the air base in tents. Washington officials, concerned that the sight of armed soldiers might cause problems, have ordered Trinidad off limits. When the G.I.s need fresh bread, three Hispanic-American soldiers change into civvies and sneak into town in an unmarked Chevy van. "We were ordered to stay away," says Gerald Carroll, 29, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot from Beespring, Ky. "They said it was like Tombstone, Ariz., out there -- people running around the streets with guns...
Trinidad is, in fact, a dirt-and-brickpaved town where the gravest safety threat is the street life, with its unnerving mix of horses, chickens and pickup trucks. Though dozens of drug-processing labs are scattered throughout the region's 77,220 sq. mi. of swamp and jungle, Trinidad is not a major cocaine center. Some locals are bitter that more modern cities farther south are siphoning off the side benefits of the cocaine trade. "Five years ago half the hotels and restaurants were filled year round with narco traffickers," sighs Jorge Lorgio Zambrana, 48, a hotel owner...
...premium for would-be adoptive parents and unscrupulous operators alike. Cesario's special rapport with Israelis began in 1982 when he helped one couple with an adoption. Others later learned of him by word of mouth. According to police, Cesario ran a highly sophisticated operation out of a town near the port of Itajai. The region has a large population of German descent, which accounts for the abundance of light-skinned infants. Police claim that about 60 people worked for him, including doctors, nurses, baby- sitters, court officials, notaries and drivers. In addition, women he hired allegedly masqueraded as social...
Mengistu has had more success against the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, the largest and strongest rebel force. More than 50,000 Ethiopian troops used tanks and dense air cover late last year to drive the Eritreans back to their stronghold in the war-ravaged town of Nakfa. The two sides are now stalemated. While the Ethiopians are wary of attacking Nakfa's warren of artillery-guarded trenches and barbed wire, the 25,000 guerrillas and their dependents must live an underground existence, though they have built an impressive infrastructure of schools, hospitals and farms...
Listen! The London air is sweet with jubilation. Few cars this day, and no Klaxons in the central part of town. Just bells pealing gaily and the sound of horses prancing in unison along the Mall. A great fanfare of trumpets arises from Westminster Abbey, and the stirring chords of Elgar resound through the vaulted nave. Then a hush. Through the breath-held stillness, two voices ring out. "I will." "I will." And then a great roar from outside, and rising above the spellbound listeners, beautiful and light, an aria by Mozart, and then another...