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...immediately offered their services as mediators. So did the ambassadors of Costa Rica and Panama. They quickly reported back with the guerrillas' demands: 1) the release of 59 political prisoners; 2) $10 million; 3) repeated broadcasts over government radio of an almost two-hour-long Sandinista communiqué; and 4) Venezuelan, Mexican or Panamanian planes to escort them from the country...
...pull rank. And, for all his talent, he never stops trying to improve." While other players wait in line during shooting drills, Lafleur circles restlessly beside them, honing his turns, devising a new move, or flicking the occasional errant puck toward the goal. Says Teammate Rick Chartraw, the only Venezuelan-born player in the N.H.L.: "Guy even goofs off hard...
Next day, in a speech to the Venezuelan congress, Carter reaffirmed his belief that developing countries should have a bigger role in the making of international economic policies. He pledged increased U.S. contributions (now $1.9 billion a year) to international development agencies like the World Bank. But he noted that Venezuela and other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries "have a responsibility to use their surplus wealth to meet the needs of the world's people...
...time the ministers' jets landed in Caracas, the freeze of early '78 was virtually set. In his speech to the opening conference, Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez made a last desperate attempt to obtain a small increase. He offered a quixotic proposal "for the good of humanity": prices would be increased 5% to 8%, but OPEC's additional profits for one year would be channeled to developing countries that have no oil to help them pay off their $180 billion foreign debt. During a series of bilateral meetings with the ministers the first day of the conference...
...Yamani and other ministers politely dismissed Pérez's move. To show his displeasure, Yamani that night even developed a diplomatic illness that enabled him to skip the seven-course, two-wine extravaganza offered by Pérez. Then, during a long session in the hotel suite of the Venezuelan oil minister after dinner, the 13 OPEC ministers agreed that there would be no increase at least until their next meeting in June. (Officially they failed to make a price decision, but that has the same effect as voting a freeze.) Saudi Arabia is expected to continue pushing for a price...