Word: tribunales
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Party conservatives who long masqueraded as yea-sayers to Gorbachev have begun to regroup. Leningrad party boss Boris Gidaspov was roundly criticized from the floor of the Congress last week for making "threats against our leader" and "sounding nostalgic notes" for the past. Surprised by the attack, Gidaspov claimed that...
Nonetheless, a subdued hope of movement surrounded the news last week that the U.S. had consented to repay $567 million in frozen Iranian assets. The agreement was reached after two days of negotiations between State Department legal adviser Abraham Sofaer and a senior adviser to Iran's President Ali Akbar...
Several months ago, Iran informed the tribunal that in its view most of the claims had been paid out. Tehran wanted the balance, now about $820 million, that remained of the $1.4 billion the account originally held. In 1987 the Reagan Administration had unsuccessfully resisted a similar $500 million claim...
Iran has several times linked any effort on behalf of the hostages to the release of Iranian assets. It calculates those to be worth far more than the amount unfrozen last week, including perhaps what it claims are $12 billion in weapons purchased from the U.S. but never delivered. So...
Still, Santos faces an uphill battle. His candidacy first must receive official confirmation by the Superior Electoral Tribunal. Even if Santos is allowed to run, his name will not appear on the ballot. He must educate Brazilian voters to mark the box labeled Armando Correa, an evangelist who stepped aside...