Mexico seeks months more on debt relief talks
Mexico's President Carlos Salinas de Gortari said debt reduction negotiations with international private banks are complex and may take months to produce a solution. He stressed the need to cut debt payments to restore growth and rejected claims his party plans to steal upcoming elections.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Salinas
Associated Press
Central America
Ambassador seeks U S push for Middle East peace in Gaza talks
Palestinian leaders in Gaza urge U S Ambassador William Brown to intensify peace efforts. Israeli forces demolish four houses and seal seven in the West Bank as punishment for attacks and alleged collaboration. Arabs in Gaza meet Brown on his first visit since December. A lawyer and two doctors joined the luncheon.
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United States
Fayez Abu Rahme
Brown
Nicaragua Raises Wages Amid Inflation Protests
President Daniel Ortega announced pay raises up to 50 percent for public employees as inflation and currency devaluation spark protests. Taxicab drivers in Managua and three other cities joined the unrest, pressing demands after fuel price hikes and a sharp cordoba devaluation. In Argentina, President-elect Carlos Menem said he would take office June 36, reacting to Raul Alfonsin’s resignation crisis and uncertain transition.
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Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Leon
Granadé
Masaya
Ortega
Cordoba
U.S
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carlos Menem
Raul Alfonsin
Menem
la Rioja
Alfonsin
Gorbachev and Kohl urge heal wounds of European split
In Bonn, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl backed a joint plan to heal the half century of Europe’s division. They pledged a peaceful, competitive partnership with the United States and Canada and urged deeper East–West economic integration. The leaders called the accord a turning point in Ostpolitik, aiming for broader security, arms control, and joint ventures with West German business ties.
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Bonn
West Germany
Mikhailo
Gorbachev
Helmut Kohl
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Poland
United States
Canada
Mr. Gorbachev
Raisa
Market Square
Gorby
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Gennady I. Gerasimov
Cologne
Hans Klein
Mr. Kohl
Soviet Union
Ronald Reagan
Europe
Soviet crime rise blamed on reforms and shortages
Moscow officials report a 31.5 percent surge in Soviet crime in early 1989. Maj. Gen. Anatoly Smirnov cites looser controls and shortages as fueling increases, with 884,967 crimes logged in five months. Col. Alexander Gurov notes many small criminal networks, arguing the bureaucracy protects against large outfits like Cosa Nostra.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Anatoly Smirnov
Smirnov
Interior Ministry
Information Service
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Alexander Gurov
Ussr
Cosa Nostra
United States
Col. Gurov
Soviet military remains largest in world says Adm Crowe
Adm. William Crowe Jr says despite unilateral cuts the Soviet armed forces retain overwhelming numbers and pose a major defense need challenge. He urged Moscow to join Washington in mutual reductions and toured weapons sites with Gen. Moiseyev during a one day visit to assess strategic bombers missiles and aircraft.
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Kremlin
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Adm
William J. Crowe Jr
Crowe
Mikhail A. Moiseyev
United States
Sergei F. Akhromeyev
Defense
Frank Carlucci
Soviet Union
Adm. Crowe
Pentagon
Monroe Hatch
US Air Force
Carlucci
Gen. Hatch
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