On the Record
At Least They're Our Skunks Admittedly, the Shah, Somoza and a few others with whom we have had good relations, have been less than desirable fellows. Actually they may have been skunks. But if...
...Te threelembj Ncaraguan ovecment commission announced a plan that envsions preserving he languages, relirgionsandcultures of different Indian groups livng on he country's Alanpc coast...
...Party leaders continue to charge that the Prime Minister stole the election in 1979, in which eight races were decided by less than 5 percent of the vote...
...Two major programmes were initiated: the gunsand-beans campaign (fusiles y frijoles), which offered food to warshattered areas and organised the Indians into a million-strong "civil defence force" whose members put in a day or so of patrolling each week...
...Kissinger said at Norman Podhoretz's party the other night that the unused copies of the report should be dropped on Nicaragua," she said with a laugh...
...Durenberger said in an interview this week...
...This country is looking toward things like investment in the future, education, respecting people who work hard and well," [George A. Keyworth 2nd] continued...
...The Jersey Journal December 18, 1984 An "Omelette" in Every Hamlet The army's old habit of massacring villagers has been largely abandoned during the past two years...
...The New York Times February 23, 1985 In No Uncertain Terms United Press International A Nicaraan gornmft vmmission says it is ready to negotiate limpeduutonomy forrndians on the country's isolat datlantic cout, but rules out demands for independence...
...The American press as a whole is inconsistent with these trends...
...The New York Times December 14, 1984 Lying Low "We've got two options," Mr...
...The New York Times February 1, 1985 By Cook County Standards...
...But U.S...
...and the omelettes-and-work campaign (tortillas y trabajo) which offered the Indians pay in exchange for helping to rebuild their villages...
...The only difference is that when we do it covertly, we lie a lot...
...The New York Times February 2, 1985...
...Jerry Falwell February 5, 1985 Living in an Ideal World WASHINGTON, Feb...
...The report called for an $8.4 billion economic aid program to the region and "significantly Continued on page 12 Continued from page 2 increased" military assistance...
...By Cook County standards," he said with a laugh, "this is going to be a clean election...
...But if we must do business with skunks-and sometimes we must-we should always prefer those who are spraying in the other direction...
...Back in the hills of Virginia, we call that common sense...
...Jeane] Kirkpatrick replied, "Lots...
...Ambassador Barneby is skeptical that any vote tampering could have gone undetected in 1979, or will on Friday...
...We have a pragmatic view of the world's competitiveness, not some artificial, ideal world where, for example, foreign policy is dominated by human rights...
...The Economist London February 2, 1985 Kissinger Report Bombs...
...The governxnthas been widely criticized for 8ts treatment of ndiangroups that ere largely left agne until the vegvow of dictatocnastasv omba in 197...
...The annokcement came amidu deadlockmver autonomy cpeace tas between the gvernment and 9ne of two Indian rebel leaders, brooklyn Rivera of the Costa RicabasedrMisurasata group...
...For one thing, she said, the Administration has hardly responded to the recommendations made last year by the Commission on Central America, headed by former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger...
...he plan includes futuj talks onutonomy, hiv would allow for Indiansto choose thur leaders and develop their and, the commission said, but added utonomy "dos not meanseqration nor independence from Nicaragua...
...Senator David Durenberger, RMinn., chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, commenting on aid to the Nicaraguan contras...
...ReAN Adminiyration offiials have cwled the treatznt "genocide.' The Sandinistas' forced relocation of Inkansaway from mrtheastern zones under attackrby U.S.-backed rbels prompted housanstoflee ctoneivboring onduras and others to join the Indian rebelvrps...
...We can do it openly or do it covertly...
...Asked what she and the Administration had failed so far to achieve in its foreign policy goals, Dr...
...he Defense mcistry said 15 rebels and six troops were killed...
...As the commision's 10-point plan was anmunced Mondq in Managua, battle between troops and rebels trying to overthrow the Sandinista government jgedin the north...
...22 (UPI)American news organizations are "trying to tear down America" because the press is made up of people from "a narrow fringe element on the far left of our society," the White House science adviser says...
...The opposition is widely thought to be readying its excuses in case it loses [in the Belizean elections on] Friday...
Vol. 19 • March 1985 • No. 2
