Spain pledges western alliance as NATO debate eases
Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez assured President Reagan that Spain remains committed to the western alliance despite fears of quitting NATO. He said Spain will leverage its ties with the Spanish speaking world and its transition from dictatorship to encourage democracy in Latin America, stressing Spain as a western country and its aim to integrate with the Western world.
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Latin America presses under threat as four nations top offenders
A Reuters summary reports El Salvador, Guatemala, Argentina and Uruguay as the four worst violators of press freedom in Latin America. It notes censorship and terror used to silence reporting, with Guatemala labeled a “no man’s land” for journalists under Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, and warns broader regional concern.
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Bomb blasts kill two reporters on border road
Two American journalists Dial Torgerson of the Los Angeles Times and Richard Cross on assignment for U S News and World Report were killed by anti-tank gun fire from Nicaraguan troops across the Honduras Nicaragua border. Honduran driver Jose Herrera, 27, also died. The incident prompted a Honduran protest note as Sandinistas threaten further cross border raids.
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Rebels Backed by Reagan in Nicaragua Conflict
Torgerson was born in 1928 in Southport North Carolina and joined the Los Angeles Times in 1967. He later served as bureau chief for Mexico and Central America in 1981 after postings in Nairobi and Jerusalem. Cross, 31, came from Kansas City and worked for the Black Star agency providing images to publications like Newsweek.
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Czech protesters yank Communist red carpet
Police dispersed youths in Prague early today in the capital's first major post 1968 uprising protest. About six arrests were reported as demonstrators marched to a downtown square and later formed pockets around Wenceslas Square while chanting for freedom and peace.
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