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- <title>
- May 28, 1990: World Notes:Dominican Republic
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- May 28, 1990 Emergency!
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 39
- World Notes
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- Battle of the Dinosaurs
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> When elections were held last week in the Dominican
- Republic, the two closest contenders for President were old--very old--rivals: Joaquin Balaguer, 82 and blind with
- glaucoma, the current leader, and Juan Bosch, 80, a Marxist and
- former President who now endorses capitalism as the way to cure
- the country's economy.
- </p>
- <p> Early returns gave the feisty Bosch the lead, but by week's
- end, with nearly 87% of the votes counted, Balaguer had
- squeaked ahead with 11,000 votes. Declaring the election a
- "colossal fraud," Bosch called for massive demonstrations. Says
- a Dominican pollster: "It appears that the elder of the
- dinosaurs has won."
- </p>
- <p> But has he? At week's end both candidates agreed to a
- recount, and official results will not be known for several
- days. Whoever is finally declared the winner, the task at hand
- will be daunting: inflation is running at more than 50%, and
- the overall standard of living is on the decline.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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