World & Nation
The Bush Administration came into office saying the right things about the need to change U.S. relations with Latin America, which had deteriorated so badly under Ronald Reagan.
Feb. 11, 1989
Outrage over the slayings of six Jesuit priests and two others in San Salvador swept Congress on Friday, with lawmakers threatening to seek to cut off military aid to El Salvador unless its government moves swiftly to muzzle the right-wing death squads that many believe are responsible for the killings.
Nov. 18, 1989
The Bush Administration is moving to freeze the U.S. assets of wealthy Haitians suspected of secretly bankrolling the mid-level Haitian army officers who are at the core of the military junta’s resistance to restoring democratic rule, a top State Department official said Thursday.
Nov. 1, 1991
Politics
President Bush, filling a key overseas post, has decided to nominate a former CIA officer as ambassador to China, sources said Wednesday.
Feb. 2, 1989
The mere fact that Haiti held a democratic election is inspiring.
Dec. 23, 1990
You could hear official Washington’s harumph all the way to Managua when Nicaragua’s President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro said she would keep Sandinista Defense Minister Humberto Ortega in her government as head of the army.
April 27, 1990
A Bush Administration proposal to spend $9 million to bolster the opposition’s prospects in the Nicaraguan elections next February encountered sharp questioning from a Senate panel.
Sept. 29, 1989
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee scheduled a long-delayed vote on the nomination of Donald P.
June 8, 1989
President Bush, in a bid for new bipartisanship on the divisive issue of Nicaragua, has taken the unusual step of selecting a moderate Democrat to be assistant secretary of state for Latin America, Administration officials and members of Congress said Tuesday.
Feb. 1, 1989
The Bush Administration said Thursday that it will ask the government of El Salvador to investigate the murders of six Roman Catholic priests and two civilian women, but officials said that they have no evidence that Salvadoran government forces are responsible for the killings.
Nov. 17, 1989