Word: venezuelan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Quayle and Castro exchanged nothing more than an occasional glance. After Perez was sworn in, Castro, flanked by a huge entourage, swept out of the hall while a crowd of Venezuelans gawked and cheered. Quayle, under strict instructions from the White House not to send any inadvertent diplomatic signals by conversing with Communists, was hustled quietly out a side door. But not before a group of young Venezuelan women in the balcony begged him to stop for a picture, squealing "Ooooh! You are so handsome!" Teased about the incident at a press conference shortly afterward, Quayle frowned and grew testy...
...last week's tour Quayle persuaded at least a few observers that he might be up to the task. As his official plane flew back to Washington, the handful of journalists aboard helped the Vice President celebrate his 42nd birthday by giving him a cake and a present -- a Venezuelan bank note inscribed with: FIRST FOREIGN TRIP: QUAYLE FAILS TO SCREW...
...more palatable to commercial bankers is a mixed formula of voluntary and negotiated debt reduction between the banks and debtor nations. Last September Brazil signed a package worth $82.1 billion that includes an $8.3 billion net reduction in debt in 1988 and 1989, and $5.2 billion in new money. Venezuelan economic officials are considering a novel way to raise $1 billion that would make future oil sales a guarantee against new credits...
...stay on stage is unfortunately brief. Wesson obviously received extensive training at the George C. Scott Acting School to perfect his gruff portrayal of Ambassador Magee. And Suzanne Rose gives a diverting performance as the embassy chef, though her accent seems to waver somewhere between Italian, French and Venezuelan...
...idyll does not last. Unfairly accused of killing one of her employers, Eva runs away and joins the Venezuelan underworld, a change that affects the direction of her life and the theme of the novel...