2The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, November 15, 1989 World and Nation Brazil faces presidential elections By WAGNER DOTTO taff Writer Brazil, the third most populous democracy in the world behind India and United States, holds its first direct presidential election in 29 years today amid its worst economic crisis in recent ( history. The vote is mandatory for all Brazil ians 18 years old and older and is op tional for those between 16 and 18 years old. Eighty-two million people, more than the entire combined popula ; rjon of East and West Germany, are expected to choose among 22 candi dates who represent communist, so cialist, environmentalist and other "ist" views. Almost 70 percent of the voters are illiterate, semi-illiterate or have not completed the sixth grade, according to a recent government report. Inflation has reached about 1,300 Namnibsan From Associated Press reports WINDHOEK, Namibia The black . nationalist movement that fought South African rule for 23 years won a solid majority Tuesday in national elections but will have to bargain with rival par ties in drafting a new constitution. The leftist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) won .384,567 votes, or 57 percent of 670,830 ballots cast, according to results an nounced Tuesday. SWAPO's leaders had predicted their , movement would easily win the two .' thirds majority that would have en ! abled it to single-handedly write the ! constitution. ; The Democratic Tumhalle Alliance, : a multiracial coalition that favors a capitalist economy, finished second ; with 191,532 votes, or 29 percent. ; Thousands of SWAPO supporters MM Unlimited tanning end of the Fall Franklin St. Tanning & Beachwear 968-8887 145 12 E.Franklin St. above Baskin-Robbins Wolff Tanning Systems M-F Sat. 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From 1 960 to 1 980, the wealthiest 1 0 percent of the population increased its partici pation in the national wealth from 39.6 percent to 5 1 percent. Like other countries in Latin Amer ica, Brazil has a huge informal sector in the economy that has grown out of the government control. According to re cent estimates, this sector generates a nationalist filled the streets of Windhoek, the capital, waving flags, singing and honk ing horns throughout the day. The celebration carried on into the ni ghr in Katutura, the main black neigh borhood on the edge of Windhoek. "We struggled all the years for this day,,; said SWAPO President Sam Nujoma. South African President F.W. de Klerk said his government was "grate ful thai the election proceeded peace fully, and thus accepts the outcome." Namibians voted from Tuesday through Saturday for a 72-member assembly that will draft a constitution and declare independence for Namibia after 74 years of South African rule. SWAPO will hold 41 seats in the assembly, and the Democratic Tumhalle Alliance 21 seats. The United Democratic Front will now through the semester for 10-9 10-5 Opticians Eyeglass J ! FRAMES ! ! Srarrina at ! C 1 T i OUlglC Y1MUUI i Plastic Lenses I Starting at I S19.95 I I with frame purchase J for I I Senior Citizens I on eyeglasses I I not valid with other discounts J guarantee with frame purchase j . TOM 7. . omy 7T total of $176 billion annually. If cor rect, that estimated value would repre sent half of the gross national product and millions in taxes that the govern ment is unable to collect. To make things worse, Brazil is the largest debtor in the Third World, owing about $ 1 10 billion to foreign banks. Fernando Collor de Mello, a pro business politician from Brazil's sec ond smallest state who almost over night became a national figure, is the leading candidate, according to several polls taken last week. He has ties with the military that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1984, and defends the privatization of many state-owned companies. In second place is Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, a trade union leader candidate backed by a leftist coalition that in cludes one of the two Brazilian Com munist parties. Da Silva is slightly ahead movement wins bi have four seats, followed by the con servative, all-white Action Christian National, with three. The Federal Con vention of Namibia, National Patriotic Front and the Namibia National Front each won a single seat. The assembly's decisions must be backed by at least 48 members. "In spite of the difficulties, in spite of all the odds placed in our way to victory, the liberation movement has won," said senior SWAPO spokesman Hidipo Hamutenya. The election result was seen as prom ising for a peaceful transition to inde pendence for the sparsely populated region of southern Africa. Some observers feared that if SWAPO won a two-thirds majority, it might have written a constitution lean ing heavily in its favor. Had the organization won less than 50 percent of the vote, it may have challenged the results and accused South Africa of trying to prevent a SWAPO government. The chairman of the Democratic Tumhalle Alliance, Dirk Mudge, said West Germany set to help East Germany rebuild n a -k a. it j:j a. . M7i r i: - t ..,:u From Associated Press reports West Germany on Tuesday pledged massive financial aid in the style of the post-war Marshall Plan to rebuild East Germany's economy, but demanded political, and economic reforms the communists have so far rejected. The new communist premier said the Berlin Wall must remain standing to keep AIDS, crime and other Western problems out of his country. He prom ised a coalition government but didn't say whether the opposition could join it. And West Berlin Mayor Walter Momper warned that the sudden open ing of East Germany's borders was creating traffic jams, currency prob lems and other economic questions that the two governments must resolve. West German Economics Minister Helmut Haussmann announced a six point East German recovery plan that would include investments and joint ventures, as well as revamping the nation's dilapidated communications and transport systems. Grossman dated by the enormous power of the destroyers. We need to legitimize life and the earth." Aspirations need to be raised. Envi ronmentalists can no longer be content with small decreases in harm to the environment, he said. People need to demand sweeping changes in the treat ment of the environment to make a difference, instead of accepting reduc tions. The government is doing very little to protect the environment, Grossman said. "Virtually nothing" in the Clean of former Rio de Janeiro Gov. Leonel Brizola, a socialist, and has defended a strong state intervention in the econ omy. The main concern in Brazil the last few days has been how the undecided voters will cast their ballots today. One of the polls published last Sunday by Folha de S. Paulo, a major Brazilian newspaper, showed that 26 percent of the voters are still undecided, after at least six months of electoral campaign ing that included free air time on televi sion for all parties. If no candidate gets 5 1 percent of the votes today, a second-round election is scheduled for Dec. 17, when the two top vote-getters will compete against each other. A very polarized second round is expected, with two candidates representing two complete divergent plans of government. his organization had no plans to align itself with another party, but "if SWAPO comes with a (constitutional) proposal we can live with, we will support it." The assembly is to meet within a week, and the 1,500 South African troops in Namibia are to withdraw shortly. U.N. peacekeepers are sched uled to leave Namibia at the end of March. The top U.N. official in Namibia, Martti Ahtisaari, said he expected Namibia to achieve independence be fore then. Ahtisaari, who certified the election results, said Namibia"has given the whole world a shining lesson in democracy." U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said he was confident the various parties would be able to work through their differences and adopt a constitution "with the same degree of enthusiasm and patriotism that they displayed during the course of the elec toral process." In addition to the U.N. monitors, dozens of private groups observed the elections. Haussmann did not set a figure for the proposed aid, and said the plan would be useless if East Germany failed to carry out a "thorough change" in its centrally directed economy. Haussmann compared his proposal to the Marshall Plan, brainchild of U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, which sent more than $12 billion in American aid from 1948-51 to help war-devastated Europe return to pros perity. East German authorities have re jected the idea of adopting a completely free-market system. New East German Premier Hans Modrow, a leading reformer in the communist ranks, says he wants "step by step" economic changes. He seems to be looking to streamline the bureauc racy, but has given no indication he'll urge sweeping changes such as those in Hungary or Poland. Modrow was quoted in Tuesday's editions of West Germany 's Bild news paper as saying the Berlin Wall can remain open to travel but must remain from page 1 Air Act, now under consideration by the Congress, will have a significant impact on the environment, and Gross man joked at President Bush's claim that he is an environmentalist. He pointed to Amnesty International as a model for environmentalists to follow. They asked for definite change from the government and had a success rate of 25 percent last year, he said. Grossman will conduct a workshop about corporatelabor cooperation and the environment at 3 p.m. today in 21 1 Union. Our own Bespoke Suit is seriously tailored of the finest 100 worsted wool & cut with a silhouette for comfort and exceptional fit PS. Best Wishes from The Hub! of Chapel Mi 103 E. Franklin St. Chapel Hill's Leading Men's Clothier Bush praises rapid changes in communist Eastern Bloc From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON President Bush declared his confidence Tues day that "Europe will some day be whole and free," saluting a decision by Czechoslovakia to ease travel restrictions as just one more sign. Bush said he was not concerned about the dizzying pace of change sweeping Eastern Europe. "I don't think it's moving too fast and I don't know of anybody in my administra tion that feels that it's moving too fast." The White House said the admini stration was reviewing developments in Eastern Europe with an eye toward "changing relationships and new policies and programs." "There are large issues of East West relations, of the NATO-Warsaw Pact's future, of the status of the Soviet empire as these countries change their relationship with the Soviet Union," White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater said. Walesa seeks investment WASHINGTON Lech Walesa, weeping with joy at his hero's wel come to America, said Tuesday his native Poland needs massive West ern investment to "make her way to the shore of freedom." "I know that the pioneer spirit which made this country big and free is still around," Walesa told a con vention of the AFL-CIO labor fed eration. "I would like you to trans plant this spirit to Poland. "If you engage in any activity in our country, others will emulate your example. The world is awaiting your signal, it is watching you. Do not let the world and us wait any longer." Walesa, weeping after a 15-min-ute standing ovation that welcomed him to the convention hall, thanked the American people, the labor group and the government for proving "to be our most steadfast allies in the trade union struggle for human free dom." standing. "In our country there is little crimi nal activity ... cases of AIDS and drugs are virtually unknown. Our people are asking themselves why they shouldn't just leave that as it is," he was quoted as saying. The government is considering open ing part of the wall near the Bran denburg Gate as yet another passage between East and West Berlin, accord ing to the official East German news agency ADN. The gate, a huge columned monu ment, is close to the wall in East Berlin and is one of the city's best-known symbols. Before East Germany opened its borders Thursday, the gate had been a major rallying point for demonstrators seeking freedom to travel to the West. Hundreds gathered there Tuesday in hopes a hole would be opened. A leader of East Germany's biggest opposition group, New Forum, said the movement could work with a revamped Communist Party but that naming Modrow premier was not enough. Israel Other than their own resistance strate gies, Gvirtz said he felt the media's coverage of the uprising had helped to control some of the violence of the Israeli government. "The press is what I call a public eye weapon. "When the Israelis start doing some thing bad in the occupied territories, they are less likely do something if they know the media are watching. If no body was there, I'd be even more afraid of what the Israeli government might (IT 99 News in Brief Groups report on cholesterol NEW ORLEANS The nation's top public and private heart organiza-. tions released "overwhelming evi dence" on cholesterol Tuesday that they said "more than justifies" the, campaign to change the way Ameri-; cans eat. The American Heart Association; and the National Heart, Lung and, Blood Institute prepared "The Cho-; lesterol Facts" in reaction to an ar-; tide in September's Atlantic Monthly; called "The Cholesterol Myth. ' ' The article's author, Washington; writer Thomas Moore, analyzed a variety of research to make his point, that the cholesterol scare has been, overblown. The organizations marshaled the same studies and many more to reach the opposite conclusion: Americans should cut down on saturated fat and cholesterol in their diet to minimize their risk of heart disease. Retail sales fall in October WASHINGTON Retail sales fell a full 1 percent in October, driven down by a slumping auto market, and industrial production dropped 0.7 percent in its steepest fall in more than three years, the government said Tuesday. But some analysts said the reports were not as pessimistic as they would appear. They noted that except for autos, most other sales categories rose and that the drop in industrial output was due largely to an aircraft strike and factory disruptions after the Cali fornia earthquake. The Commerce Department re ported that retail sales dropped to a seasonally adjusted $144.5 billion, the first decline since a 0.4 percent drop last February. Sales had rise 0.7 percent in September and 0.9 percent in August. T can imagine cooperating with a reformed Communist Party," said Jiirgen Tallig, the spokesman for Neues Forum in Leipzig, the heart of the pro democracy movement. ; "But there are still too many people in top positions with whom dialogue is not possible," he said in a West Ger man radio interview. More sweeping change could come at an emergency party congress in East Berlin on Dec. 15-17. The congress, which has authority to change the en tire party leadership, set policy and alter party statutes, was called late Monday by the party Central Commit tee. Modrow, named premier on Mon day, has called for a coalition govern ment but gave no indication the oppo sition will take part in it, despite wide spread protests pressing for an end to the communists' 40-year monopoly on power. He said he would seek broader coop eration with the four small parties that have been aligned with the Communist Party. from page 1 do." Gvirtz also said that in order for there to be peace, the resistance could not back down. "There is a big difference between peace and resignation."Gvirtz said there could not be peace as long as the Israeli government tried to keep control over Palestinian lands. As part of Human Rights Week, Gvirtz and Assailey will present a pro gram titled "Prospects for a Peaceful Solution" on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Gerrard Hall. The Carolina Associa tion for Palestinian Human Rights is sponsoring the talk. Why Not Own Where You Live While At UNC? Your parents will appreciate the return on this leveraged investment and the tax advantages... You'll love the place and where it is. ByFinleyGolf Course.. Just 5 minutes from campus. From theGO's Less than 5 down Below market fixed rates New- not a conversion Guaranteed buyback Come see the award winning models, clubhouse, spa, pool and tennis courts and get eye-opening facts and figures to send your folks. 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