(Archived document, may contain errors) 837 JUne 20,1991 A US, ROLE INCHILETS DEMOCRATIC AND mNOMIC REFORMS INTRODUCI'ION Chile has become a model of economic and democratic progress in the developing wor ld. It has moved farther and faster than any other Latin American coulltry toward free market economic refonn and has posted seven straight years of economic growth. With last December's election of Christian Democrat Patricio Aylwin Azocar as President, Chile's "economic miracle has been accompanied by a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Three weeks ahead of Chile s Constitutional Plebiscite, the nays (Rejection)are still ahead, according to a survey by the consulting firm Cadem, which showed 46% of the voters would rather keep the Constitution drafted under Dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1980 instead of adopting the one penned by the Constitutional Assembly convened last year.
The Caribbean s 1st Literary Workshop broadens its expectations
The Caribbean s 1st Literary Workshop broadens its expectations
Santiago de Cuba, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) The first Workshop of Literary Studies of the Caribbean Festival broadens its expectations, giving continuity to previous endeavors of the international event that will open its 40th edition in upcoming days.
Writer and cultural promoter Yunier Riquenes, coordinator of the event to be held on July 5 and 6, confirmed to Prensa Latina the workshop will be dedicated to Santiago poet Jesus Cos Causse and Barbadian Edward Kamau Brathwaite, important figures of regional literature.
On Internet websites, he noted, the initial panel will be conducted by academics from the Universidad de Oriente, one of the main institutions of the meeting along with the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico and scholars from Chile, the United States and Argentina.