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...itself as the final battleground if the U.S. does not draw the line against Marxist advances elsewhere in the region. They resent the implication that they too are a banana republic, and suspect that talk of Mexico as the ultimate domino is only a smokescreen. As Foreign Minister Bernardo Sepulveda Amor told TIME in an interview last week, "I do not think the main purpose of U.S. Central American policy is to protect Mexico. The U.S. has a different perspective related to what some people in the Administration regard as a vital strategic and political interest: to assert U.S. hegemony...
...founder of the Contadora group, Mexican Foreign Minister Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor, 41, has been actively involved in seeking a peaceful solution to the conflicts in Central America. The stylish, eloquent former professor of international law met with TIME Mexico City Bureau Chief James Willwerth and Reporter Laura López last week to offer his analysis of the region's troubles. Excerpts from the interview...
...Department official, Mexico showed an "increased sensitivity" to U.S. complaints of Soviet, Cuban and Nicaraguan aggressiveness in fomenting subversion in Central America. Said a senior U.S. diplomat: "There is not total harmony, but there is now a more common perception of the situation." An aide to Mexican Foreign Minister Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor also found the exchange of views worthwhile. Said he: "The U.S. recognized the need to negotiate [a peaceful settlement in Central America]. That...
...investigation had dragged on for almost two years, straining relations between the U.S. and El Salvador and attracting reproachful editorials worldwide. Finally, a sign of progress emerged last week. Salvadoran Judge Bernardo Rauda Murcia ruled that five former National Guardsmen accused of murdering four American churchwomen in 1980 must stand trial...
...surprise move by judge Bernardo Rauda Murcia reflects in part the Reagan Administration's new-found desire to get tough with El Salvador's extreme-right government that came to power last spring. Three weeks ago, U.S. ambassador Dean Hinton, who had previously been reticent to criticize the Salvadoran government, shocked a gathering of business executives in San Salvador by berating them on the human rights issue. Unless the Latin American government seeks conciliation with the left and puts an end to the terror inflicted upon civilians. Hinton declared that the United States will halt military aid to El Salvador...