News of the day for January 14, 1986 - Terrorist alerts all over Europe with the threat coming from Palestinians, hot on the heels of the Achille Lauro hi-jacking aftermath. Fighting escalating in Yemen between rebel forces and government troops. David Rockefeller ignites massive protests in Buenos Aires on his visit to the country. The Middle East continues it's skirmish swap and vice-President Bush joins Daniel Ortega at the Inauguration of Guatemalan President Vinicio Cerezo. The Reagan Years.
January 14, 2011

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"Funny, your lips don't move when you talk."


January 14, 1986 saw a flurry of terrorist alerts and cautions issued by U.S. Embassies throughout Europe. The threat was coming from unnamed Palestinian groups over the recent outcome of the Achille Lauro hijacking. Fighting was escalating in Yemen between rebel forces and government troops. Buenos Aires was the scene of the worst rioting in years on the occasion of a visit from David Rockefeller, not one of the loved people in Argentina. And vice-President Bush joined Daniel Ortega at the Inauguration of Guatemalan President Vinicio Cerezo. Cerezo, who was largely viewed as a mouthpiece for the real military power behind the Guatemalan government, was vigorously supported by the Reagan administration and applauded by Reagan as a step in the direction towards democracy, despite the fact that within weeks most all the suppressive actions of the Guatemalan government were alive and well and rounding up suspects as usual.

Fun and games and the usual rotation of the earth, slightly off its axis, this day in January 1986.

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