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<text id=94TT0055>
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Jan. 17, 1994: A Litany Of Latin American Troubles
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994
Jan. 17, 1994 Genetics:The Future Is Now
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
MEXICO, Page 34
A Litany Of Latin American Troubles
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<body>
<p>Mexico is not alone among Latin American nations, both as a
target of economic opportunity and as a hotbed of continuing
social and political conflict. A sampling of other trouble spots:
</p>
<p> GUATEMALA. A series of governments have failed to put an end
to a sputtering, 32-year-old civil war that has taken an estimated
100,000 lives; new talks began last week.
</p>
<p> EL SALVADOR. A two-year-old peace is threatened by a new outbreak
of killings attributed to right-wing death squads; about two
dozen leftists have been murdered since the war ended.
</p>
<p> NICARAGUA. Despite the transition to a multiparty democracy,
the Sandinistas still control security forces, and the contras
are itching for a rematch.
</p>
<p> VENEZUELA. A series of attempted military coups and civil disturbances
has afflicted the country; last week 123 died in a Maracaibo
prison riot pitting Guajiro Indians against other prisoners.
Nine prisoners and a guard died in a Caracas prison riot.
</p>
<p> PERU. President Alberto Fujimori is credited with knocking the
wind out of the brutal Shining Path insurgency by capturing
or killing its leadership, but 1,692 people were killed in guerrilla
and counterinsurgency violence last year. Terrorism caused $1
billion worth of damage.
</p>
<p> BRAZIL. The continent's largest economy is consumed by hyperinflation
and a huge congressional corruption scandal that has paralyzed
the government and renewed rumors of a possible military coup.
</p>
<p> ARGENTINA. President Carlos Menem is presiding over a remarkable
revival of what was a once moribund economy, but his austerity
program has triggered a series of food riots in the suburbs
of Buenos Aires.
</p>
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