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...such big- ticket items as appliances and furniture, usually two of his company's strongest categories. Says he: "People are beginning to worry. They are reading more today about factory layoffs and companies failing because of the debt restructuring of the '80s. There's a great deal of unrest out there about job security and even levels...
...recent unrest began on July 2, with a peaceful walkout of government employees that gradually shut down state-run banks, closed the national airport and halted public transportation. When talks to end the work stoppage failed and the government pronounced the strike illegal, union leaders vowed to step up the pressure. That threat brought extremists from both sides into the streets, resulting in the most violent political clashes in the capital since the 1979 insurrection that gave the Sandinistas power...
...Sandinistas seemed disinclined to push their protest as far as full- scale revolt. Nevertheless, Chamorro acted wisely to bring a swift halt to the unrest. As the rapid acceleration of violence showed, militants of all political stripes are eager to use any pretext to bash former foes. At the height of last week's confusion, her staunchest conservative critic, Vice President Virgilio Godoy, called for the formation of "Brigades of National Salvation," apparently hoping to deputize the armed groups that clashed with strikers. Not surprisingly, Chamorro's prudence was denounced by Godoy and other conservatives within her 14-party alliance...
...Over the years, Peace Corps workers have been withdrawn from a handful of countries because of political unrest, but never before in the face of direct threats. Philippine officials said they knew of no specific dangers for the volunteers and suggested that Washington had acted hastily. But concern for the safety of U.S. personnel in the Philippines has reached a critical stage. The N.P.A. is thought to have murdered eight Americans since April...
Prices were not the only issue. Critics of longtime President Kenneth Kaunda accused his government of corruption and poor management, which, combined with the 1974 collapse of copper prices, has made Zambia one of the world's poorest countries. Kaunda, 66, blamed the "power hungry" for the unrest, but he did seek to appease the mobs by scheduling a promised referendum on whether to restore multiparty democracy, abolished in 1972, on Oct. 17. Still, he said, there would be no relenting on the austerity measures, which are intended to impress the International Monetary Fund...