Alcalá 1990

International

Economic Summit

Leaders of the seven most powerful Western nations gathered in front of the Louvre Pyramid for the opening session of the Economic summit in Paris. They are (I/ r) EC President Jacques Delors, Italy's Ci– ciaco de Mita, West Germany's Helmut Kohl, President Bush, host French Presi– dent Francois Mitterrand, Britain's Mar– garet Thatcher, Canada's Brian Mulroney and Japan's Sousuke Uno. A p ledge was made to address the envi– ronmental problems that threaten the

Tienanmen Square– Beijing, China 0 one from Tiananmen Square are the pro-democracy banners and the tents of China's freedom movement, the armed guards and the chants of drill– ing soldiers. The GoddeS& of Democ– racy, a 33-foot-high replica of the Statue of Li- berty which bad become a symbol of the move– ment for democratic reform, has been crushed by tanks and taken away. The pro-democracy protests began on April 15

with a lJ by •tudents or tal . 1Jn in ·rea,iing •,N·i,il freedome anrl ~ndini; official cor plmn They p ""d during the week nt M, )' tr,, ben Guroochev ,·i i rd the c,,,rntr •, and nt-Jirly one million IK'OJ>le pt)u.ted int-0 t.he ,t rt•~t., . Murti.al J w was rlr,c;lBred on May 20, and troops attempted to " uve into the square but were driven back by masses uf citizens sympa– thetic to the protestors. On June 3, troops opened fire on the protes– tors, smashing through barricades with tanks to reach Tiananmen Square. While the government claims that nearly 300 people, mostly soldien, were killed, diplomats and Chinese say up to 3,000 died, and Chinese Red Cross officials esti– mated 3,600 people were killed and 60,000 in– jured.

Obiluaties

planet, and they endorsed a significant strategic switch in the way rich countries cope with Third World's staggering $1.3 trillion debt. For the first time, the seven leaders agreed that the best way to ease the debt burden of poorer nations is to persuade banks to provide some relief instead of simply issuing new loans. The problems of terrorism, narcotics and East-West relations were alos addressed.

Andrei A. Gromyko '1/18/09 • '1/2/89

Emperor of Japan Hirohito 4/29/89 • l/'1/89

Ferdinand E. Marcos 9/11/1'1 • 9/28/89

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 9/23/02 • 6/8/89

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