Show VOW4UP1WAONPNr"0--00-0-W-11- 0 NATIONWORLD The Salt Lake Tribune 'i't TAR §1 - A TAUS APR 20 I You've 2 Others 3 Buy 4 Today 5 If MAY 20 1 GEMINI a? ecriti4E MAY 21 110-18-31-4- 20 2 6 Finally 7 Health 8 You 9 Be 10 Something 36 37 38 39 40 Teen 41 12 Only 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 11 t51-64-7- 0 CANCER 13 Been 14 You 15 You 16 Good JUNE 21 Co4 31 Interest 32 You 33 You'll 34 Up 35 You 2: n 17 Alone 18 Of 19 Is tf52-57-6- 7 LEO JULY 23 22 AUG 333-- 0 20 Items 21 Needs 22 Are 23 Want 24 A 25 Come 26 too 27 News 28 Relax 29 Are 30 That 5463-6- 6 VIRGO ?-- A AUG 23 SEPi 22 ga) Pushy Major Will Thinking By Will Will To Lucky Someone ocri 23 And Your NOV 21s'-N1 ity loci 22 719-24-3- 7 6etot N: free-mark- SCORPIO The changes are in their earliest stages still fragmentary and fragile But given the endemic troubles that have plagued Latin America's 445 million people for the past two decades 1992 holds out the promise that things will continue to improve "The majority of Latin American countries have made major economic adjustments They are on a new plateau That doesn't mean they are over the hump but there is a trend toward growth" said Gert Rosenthal executive secreUN Economic Comtary of the mission for Latin America and the Caribbean According to the commission Latin America's economy grew about 3 percent last year after a combined 10 percent drop between 1980 and 1990 Regional inflation fell from 1186 percent in 1990 to 202 percent in 1991 Last year there were no successful military coups in Latin America and no serious attempts to oust any of the civilian leaders who now govern 18 of the 19 Latin American Special Person Book SAGITTARIUS And NOV 22 Advice Attention DEC 2 101 71 You 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Find Listen To The Who Judgment Becomes 176ItICORN Reading About Meet Make You A Give For The 22 DEC JAN i9 Is Sound Friend Perfect Celebrate 81 Give 82 Lose 83 Call M Job 85 Tonight 86 Idea 87 Them 88 Friend 89 Easier 90 Advice Worry With And 51 Grab 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 rt 460 10e 18 FES 7476-7- - 44- 7 PISCES FEB IB MAR 2e4i)1:44' 5 126 tvt and is reducing or eliminating government subsidies Nevertheless riots show the flip side of the reforms: the danger of slashing government spending in countries where social safety nets are and where the poor have been devastated by Latin America's economic decline Since 1980 real wages have fallen as much as 40 percent in many Latin American nations The percentage of Latin Americans living in poverty increased to 44 percent from 40 percent during the same period according to the United Nations Health care education and other social services have deteriorated Water shortages and blackouts are common in many cities Economists say as much as 40 percent of all economic activity in Latin America is now informal and street vendors — called ambulantes — are its most conspicuous members Most experts say it will take several years for the benefits of the current economic growth to begin filtering down to the masses Some experts say it could take much longer But all agree Latin America doesn't have time on its side "The world economy is becoming increasingly globalized and there is a real sense that if Latin America misses the bus it could become permanently marginalized It's going to take a big effort" Rosenthal said free-mark- non-existe- 10-ye- ar n Chile-base- d AQUARIUS JAN 20 41 The past year saw some spectacular econom- turnarounds Take Argentina Like many Latin American countries it was for decades hampered by a bloated and corrupt bureaucracy a brutal military that couldn't keep its hands off politics protectionist economic policies that coddled inefficient manufacturers and powerful unions that demanded higher wages despite falling production President Carlos Menem who took office in 1989 in the first transfer of power between civilians in six decades tightened fiscal policy and told Argentines to work harder and pay their taxes He lowered the average import tariff from 35 percent to 11 percent fired or laid off more than 100000 state workers and sold several inefficient state-ruenterprises including the telephone company and the national airline Aerolineas Argentinas Inflation dropped from about 1400 percent in 1990 to 84 percent in 1991 In Peru a country wracked by a guerrilla war and grinding poverty President Alberto Fujimori also liberalized trade tightened fise cal policy eliminated controls and instituted other reforms when he took office in July 1990 Venezuela a country rich in oil is beginning to privatize its money-losinstate enterprises ic BUENOS AIRES Argentina — In countries throughout Latin America freely elected leaders who inherited a legacy of economic misery are struggling to carry out reforms that in 1991 generated a modest economic turnaround with little political instabil- 61 May 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 23 1SEPT To develop message for Sunday read words corresponding to numixis of your Zodiac birth sign 1:5150-61-82-- 3 V According to the Stars 7N ti46-68-81-9r- LIBRA Your Daily Activity Guide 19 n11-21-32-4- CHICAGO TRIBUNE By CLAY R POLLAN- ARIES MAR Latin Economies Show Signs of Better Days Free-Mark- et GAZE111::A 4() A21 192 Sunday January 26 foreign-exchangfree-mark- g Democracy Making Strides in Africa But Has a Lot of Gromd to Make Up NEWS SERVICE KNIGHT-RIDDE- HARARE but two weeks ago a tranSitional — Zimbabwe assembly set June dates for the country's first free elections In Algeria the government arrested an Islamic fundamentalist leader less than two weeks after it broke off an electoral process that seemed certain to give the fundamentalists the upper hand in Parliament African advocates of democracy caution that a stable new political order on the continent will emerge only with the passage of time "Slowly slowly an egg grows feet and walks" Botswana's President Quett Masire said in a speech last July applying an African proverb to the continent's democratic movement southern Botswana a Texas-siz- e Africa country with a population of 12 million is generally recognized as one of nine nations on the continent that have democratic governments elected in free vot- De- mocracy is creeping steadily across Africa but still fewer than 5 percent of the continent's 700 million people live under governments chosen in free and fair elections That percentage seems certain to rise dramatically over the next few years firmly establishing an era already being referred to as Africa's "second independence" At least 45 of the continent's 52 countries and island nations have made commitments of various kinds to open political systems Among those committed to multiparty democracy are the population and economic centers of Nigeria South Africa and Kenya Some of the change has been swift and startling such as the defeat in a free election in October of Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda one of Africa's longest serving and internationally most visible leaders Events this month in Algeria and the Congo underscore how rapidly the momentum for change is moving on the continent and how great some of the obstacles still are In the Congo disgruntled soldiers occupied broadcasting stations to demand the resignation of a top Defense Ministry official ing The other eight are Benin Cape Verde the Gambia Mauritius Namibia Sao Temeand Principe Senegal and Zambia All together the nine countries have populations totaling more than 25 million Their small populations tend to be more homogeneous and compatible than those of other African nations The Rev Foston Sakala is pas — i'ZiVitE' MACEIO Brazil — While Brazil's first lady faces accusations of corruption in the capital members of her family have been busy back home in northeastern Brazil Nine families including that of President Fernando Collor de ' Mello dominate Alagoas state The most notorious is the coronel or colonel Wilson Perpetua state secretary of public safety said the feu dal style of the coronels has been passed down through the generations: "The powerful think the state is their property and the people are their employees" In September Mrs Collor's brother Joao Alvin° Malta Fi iho shot at a family political opponent who is mayor of the small town of Canapi Malta Filho says he was only trying to scare Mayor Mauro Fernandes whom he accused of spreading false information about adMrs Collor's scandal-riddeministration of a major federal charity He was held for 19 days then the state supreme court ordered him released pending trial The trial has not been scheduled Rosane Collor was forced to resign from the Brazilian Legion of Assistance after reports that she paid at least $500000 to companies headed by members of her family that did not fulfill their contracts Some of the firms have gun-slingi- Malta clan of his wife Ro- sane Her youngest brother fired on a political foe recently and another relative escaped a shooting he blamed on three cousins Rosane's uncle freely acknowledges wealthy families 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