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...interim President and prepare for national elections. But Duarte's chances, on which the Reagan Administration has staked its hopes for democracy in El Salvador, are threatened from two extremes: the far-right National Republican Alliance (ARENA), led by the zealous and charismatic Major Roberto d'Aubuisson, and the leftist guerrilla groups that are boycotting the election...
...regime's reforms?notably a land redistribution program begun in 1980?and rein in the endemic violence that haunts El Salvador, much of it attributed to the government's own security forces. But he faces a tough challenge from ultrarightist candidates in the six-party contest. Major Roberto d'Aubuisson, a former Salvadoran national guard intelligence officer and a fierce extremist, has been campaigning aggressively on an unleash-the-army-and-crush-the-Communists platform, and has been gaining momentum. A victory by a coalition of D'Aubuisson's National Republican Alliance with the conservative National Reconciliation Party, the traditional...
...right-wing factions that could sap Duarte's strength in the assembly is led by Roberto d'Aubuisson, a former Salvadoran national guard intelligence officer who has been repeatedly accused of being a death squad leader, a charge he ignores. He has become an attractive campaigner with a winning smile and a promise to step up the war against the guerrillas. Atone recent rally, the members of the audience put their hands over their hearts while a tape played the party's anthem, a light plane soared overhead dropping party leaflets, and, just as the song ended, D'Aubuisson drove...
Indeed, it is becoming increasingly clear that U.S. initiatives in Central America are doomed to fail--and fail disastrously. In El Salvador, the extreme right appears likely to win this month's election. The dominant figure in Salvadoran politics would then be Republican Nationalist Alliance leader Roberto D'Aubuisson, who former ambassador Robert White calls a "pathological killer." D'Aubuisson has vowed to intensify the fight against leftist guerillas, making the prospect for a peaceful settlement virtually...
...slick public relations techniques and energetic grass roots campaigning that emphasize law and order, ARENA'S popular strength is estimated at 15% of the electorate, vs. the Christian Democrats' 40%. ARENA'S popular support is still rising. Says one Western diplomat in El Salvador: "D'Aubuisson is now a third force." He may yet ally himself with the conservative National Reconciliation Party, the traditional political vehicle of the oligarchy, which has 30% support...