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… tne record of our times. Last year in the Philippines, ordinary people rekindled the spirit of democracy and restored the electoral process. Some said they had performed a miracl e, and if so, a similar miracle -- a transition to democracy -- is taking place in the Republic of Korea. Haiti, too, is ma ing a transition. Some … but growing pains are normal in democracies. The United States had them -- as has every other democracy on Earth. In Latin America, too, one can hear the voices of freedom echo from the peaks …
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… Guatemala accord of August 1987 and the San Jose Declaration of January 1988 to bring about democracy in Nicaragua. I ask the House of Representatives and the Senate to act swiftly to renew …
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… Central America, that I want to talk to you about tonight. The issue is our effort to promote democracy and economic well-being in the face of Cuban and Nicaraguan aggression, aided and … security and enough to protect the lives of our neighbors so that they may live in peace and democracy without the threat of Communist aggression and subversion. This has been the policy of … Communist insurrection. He told them to tell the world they were fighting for political democracy, not communism. But most important, he instructed them to form a broad alliance with …
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… the words of your last State of the Nation message to the Ecuadorian people. In it you said, ``Democracy is the highest and most noble political system that mankind has created throughout its … Well, Jefferson would be proud of an expression such as that. Today we see a resurgence of democracy throughout the hemisphere, a resurgence which started, as did the cause of national independence, during the last century in Ecuador. Democracy, as you have so eloquently stated on many occasions, Mr. President, is the way not only …
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… Jackson called for the appointment of a bipartisan commission to chart a long-term course for democracy, economic improvement, and peace in Central America. And as Scoop Jackson so rightly … My appreciation for a tough job well done. Our proposed legislation, the Central America democracy, peace, and development initiative act, is based on the Commission's analysis and … the region. The plan responds to decades of inequity and indifference through its support of democracy, reform, and human freedom. It responds to the economic challenges of the region. The …
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… essential to enhance the national security of the United States by advancing the prospects for democracy in Nicaragua and security for all of Central America. Despite the combined diplomatic … and the United States to persuade the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua to move toward democracy and to cease its actions that threaten the security of the region, progress towards these goals is far from complete. The Sandinistas have repeatedly promised democracy to the people of Nicaragua, first before the Organization of American States in 1979 …
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… Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, joined by Jamaica and Barbados, to restore order and democracy to Grenada following the execution of their Prime Ministe r. I have enclosed a copy of … anization of Eas t ern Caribbean States , joined by Jamaica and Barbado ~ to restore order and democracy to Grenada following the execution of their Prime Minister. I have attached a copy of …
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… wholly from men who actively opposed Somoza, fought to overthrow him and sought to bring democracy to Nicaragua. Can it be that Babbitt-who bothered to write an op-ed piece that opposed … America One Year Later 3 Economic Stabilization and Growth 6 Human Development 7 Building Democracy 10 Security 13 The Search for Peace Mr. President: 15 APPENDIX A: Summary of Commission … by the effort we undertook at Manzanilla. Only in Nicaragua did countertrends prevail. While democracy was becoming stronger elsewhere, the Sandinistas continued to betray the democratic …
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… · 24 President extols the "winds of freedom" On the road to the Tokyo summit, Reagan promotes democracy during a sometimes stormy stopover in Bali. ► As Challenger's crew is laid to rest, … Law 103 Essay Marcos is gone; Baby Doc too. So why not dump all the other dietators? Because democracy is not that easy to transplant. Cover: Photograph from NBC News TIME(ISSN 0040-781 X) … notably his belief that the "winds of freedom" are blowing across the Pacific Rim and that democracy S 24 should be encouraged to flower among America's allies. Reagan's breezy theme had a …
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… many things at stake in this vote. The ho ?~S of the Nicaraguan people to live in freedom and democracy; the ho?~S of the people of Central and South America to live in ?eace, free from … a week or two ago, told me that Nicaragua represented the greatest threat to their freedom and democracy, and they brought up the subject to me. They begged us t p continue aiding the freedom … is indivisible. The moral foundation of our SUEJ?OCt for Israel is our support for freedo~ and democracy. And that su2port must always remain rock-solid ~herever freedom and democracy ace …
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