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THE AMERICAS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 1992 THE MIAMI HERALD llH BRO Chamorro family feuds over control of paper Cuba bill postponed until after Labor Day Graham trusts it will pass By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS Herald Staff Writer WASHINGTON A bill to tighten the economic squeeze On Fidel regime is stalled in the Senate and is unlikely to face a vote until after Labor Day congressional aides said Tuesday The proposed Cuban Democracy Act which carries the blessings of most South Florida lawmakers as well as President Bush and Democratic challenger Bill Clinton was delayed this week in a pitched Senate battle over defense spending The bill which bars subsidiary firms of US companies from trading with Cuba and introduces civil fines for Americans found with the had been welcomed by Sen Sam Graham Nunn DGa as an amendment to the defense authorization bill backers said But a bitter dispute over funding for the Strategic Defense Initiative led Nunn to block further consideration of the defense bill Sen Bob Graham the Florida Democrat who introduced the Cuba bill in the Senate remains confident it can be passed this year though perhaps as an amendment to other legislation aides said The House also is expected to wait until after the August recess to take up the bill aides said The Foreign Affairs Committee already has approved it by a voice vote Both House and Senate versions are likely to shed a tax provision which would have dealt a blow to US parent firms whose subsidiaries ignore the new ban on Cuban trade the aides said The Bush administration had contended that the tax measure which would have denied deductions for subsidiary trade related to Cuba was IN SHADOW Associated Press longer talk even though their glass booths are kitty comer is totally paranoid of san-dimsmo" she said speak to him I have nothing to discuss with Ruiz responded that he believes Cristiana Chamorro does not think for herself: obeys the orders of Antonio As a way to calm the waters the family agreed earlier this year to bring in Dona eldest son also named Pedro Joaquin to edit the paper and give it a more critical voice His return from a diplomatic stint in Taiwan coincided with an embezzlement scandal that has threatened to taint Lacayo Several topics touchy The scandal is one of several touchy issues at the paper The Chamorro siblings to take turns attacking and supporting Lacayo in a paper that is owned by their a European ambassador in Managua said all so utterly Concerning the seesaw battle Ruiz commented with a touch of glee: Joaquin came to fight for power with Cristiana and Both Pedro Joaquin and Cristiana demur saying their relations are cordial and respectful Despite the editorial confusion been some good news at the paper in the last month A promotional Bingo game that includes cash giveaways has boosted daily circulation from 35000 to around 65000 papers But some editors say the editorial future is uncertain Ruiz said he grew nervous when Jaime Chamorro one of La two harder-line shareholders collapsed with a mysterious illness at a banquet in July he should die it would have for the editorial line Ruiz said Even with the turmoil Cristiana Chamorro said she is optimistic that the paper will survive blood ties are strong Blood is what has maintained the unity of the family of my What the immediate members of the family learned from their martyred father she said was to respect the right to dissent Members of the diplomatic corps in Quito listen to the first speech by Ecuadorean President Sixto Duran on Monday night in Congress Behind the diplomats is a mural by artist Oswaldo Guay-asamin depicting a helmet-wearing skull marked and other symbols protesting American intervention in Latin America President Violeta Chamorro The move drew protests from the siblings of Pedro Joaquin Chamorro who hold 60 percent of the shares gave me 48 hours to get out of the Cristiana said felt like I was being skinned The conflict was largely about politics Cristiana husband is Antonio Lacayo who as Dona chief of staff runs the government and is perhaps the most powerful politician in Nicaragua The other shareholders were unhappy with informal alliances with ousted Sandinistas An unusual solution was struck Cristiana was given the post of chairwoman of the board in charge of administrative matters and a longtime employee with a fierce distaste for sandi-nistno Horacio Ruiz was installed as executive editor That suited Ruiz just fine With Cristiana at the helm he said La Prensa had into a Sandinista newspaper It began to lose the sympathy of the Relations between the two have been intense not above shouting matches When Cristiana Chamorro accompanied her husband to Paris in 1991 for a meeting of Nicaragua's creditors she filed a news story that included a passage noting that a prominent Sandinista member of the delegation had been well received Ruiz left that passage on the composing room floor Since the incident the two no Complete 4 Seater STURDY BASE GLASS TOP 4 CHAIRS WCUSHIONS EXIT PAIMETTO (826) By TIM JOHNSON Herald Staff Writer MANAGUA If the recent turmoil at La Prensa one of oldest newspapers were put to television it might unfold like a soap opera Episodes in the past year and a half include heated boardroom sessions power struggles a slash job in the composing room and a mysterious illness The cast of characters comes from the Chamorro dynasty which has provided Nicaragua with five of its presidents including current President Violeta Chamorro the silver-haired widow of the slain editor And the story of the conflicts at La Prensa and within the Chamorros offers a glimpse of the political drama of Nicaragua at large Pedro Joaquin Chamorro a crusading newspaperman used his pen to rail against the Somoza family dictatorship for decades His assassination in 1978 unleashed broad support for the Sandinista uprising that toppled Somoza a year later Ironically the Sandinistas ushered in the darkest era repeatedly closing it for its criticism of the revolution Direction uncertain In recent months the tone of La Prensa has zigzagged leaving readers less certain of the direction than perhaps at any time since its founding in 1926 Some experts say the voice on any given day is the result of which family member goes out the door last before the presses roll depends on who was on the last said Guillermo Roths-chuh dean of communications at the Central American University day it goes one way The next day Dona election to the presidency in 1990 presented La Prensa with a dilemma By supporting her government the newspaper became oficialista and lost its critical voice Readers took note Circulation sunk to a third of its one-time highs Around Christmas 1990 Dona Violeta decided to cede her role as the publisher and give her voting shares to her 38-year-old daughter Cristiana the co-editor-in-chief away to corporations at the expense of the American worker everything we read the treaty has a whole lot of things in it for people who want to invest money and nothing for labor practices or for the Clinton told reporters Florida stands a good chance to benefit from the agreement but it must first reorient its trading patterns The trade is nearly nine times greater with the Caribbean and Central America than with Mexico While Florida fruit and vegetable growers expect to suffer from the accord Gov Lawton Chiles anticipates a boon for the ports merchandisers transportation industry financial centers and other sectors school course called Alone and Liking helps keep romance alive by doing chores around the house She loads the dishwasher he empties fall apart after 40 you Stan Roth said do a lot together Maybe not skinny dipping but a Gertrude Kirch 79 echoed a favorite Greeley theme: The as a your later years really just beginning to enjoy each she said children are gone Your work is finished You have time to But there she firmly drew the line Undressing together? 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