Alfonsin as Argentina’s beacon of fragile democracy
Argentine President Raul Alfonsin arrives in the United States to promote democracy as Latin America undergoes a wave of new governments. While heralded as a success story, Argentina faces a $53 billion debt and tensions with the military after curbing human rights prosecutions. He will be honored in San Diego before a six day US visit.
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Raul Alfonsin
Latin America
South America
Colombia
Venezuela
Paraguay
Chile
Central America
el Salvador
Honduras
Guatemala
Argentina
Britain
Falkland Islands
Alfonsin
Juan Peron
Buenos Aires
Hector Rios Erena
San Diego
Institute of the Americas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
United States
Farm subsidies need discussing worldwide reforms
In a guest editorial the Omaha World-Herald notes Reagan’s call to end agricultural subsidies by 2000 met with expected resistance in Europe and Japan. It cites US subsidies at 25 billion, Japan 60 billion, and the Common Market 55 billion, arguing subsidies distort trade and fuel overproduction.
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Europe
Japan
Reagan
U.S
Venice
Italy
Supreme Court Sutherglen case divides on private property
The Sutherglen campground dispute tests balance between historic preservation and private property rights. A California county after a 1977 fire and 1978 flood restricted construction in a Mill Creek Canyon interim flood area, later making the rule permanent, denying the First English Evangelical Church use of its land for eight years.
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Washington
John Paul Stevens
William Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Sutherglen
Mill Creek
Los Angeles County
California
First
Glendale
Mill Creek Canyon
California Court of Original Jurisdiction
High Court
Rehnquist
Holmes
South Carolina bill eyed to curb doctor drug sales
A column discusses a proposed South Carolina bill banning doctors from selling drugs to patients, arguing it reduces perceived doctor profit and conflicts of interest. The broader piece touches on media hosts, legal warnings, and critiques of TV shows and public figures, ending with reflections on eminent domain and a Supreme Court taking ruling.
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South Carolina
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Arizona
Evan Mecham
Dan
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THE
NEW York Post
Ella Taylor
University of Washington
Cosby
Jackie Gleason
Archie Bunker
Universal Press Syndicate
Pree
Ove
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