= Ed Koch = '''Ed Koch''' was a [[UnitedStates/DemocraticParty|Democratic]] politician, [[UnitedStates/HouseOfRepresentatives|congressman]], and mayor of [[UnitedStates/NewYorkCity|New York City]]. <> ---- == History == ---- == Politics == Koch entered an amendment to the 1977 '''Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act''' barring aid to [[Uruguay]], on the basis of gross human rights violations. The [[UnitedStates/DepartmentOfState|foreign service and department of state]] strongly opposed this amendment (see [[https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve11p2/d348|here]] and [[https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve11p2/d362|here]]), though [[UnitedStates/CyrusVance|Vance]] would shift policy in time to match. ---- CategoryRicottone