Word: bowdlerized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...origin, is indeed part of the East-West rivalry. But a stark East-West emphasis obscures the deeper reasons for turmoil in the Central American isthmus (see following story). Much of the unrest in these countries stems from indigenous problems, most notably, as former State Department Official William Bowdler puts it, "the legacy of exploitation and abuse of the impoverished majority by the privileged few." By underplaying these factors, the U.S. often ends up backing regimes that turn out to be doomed-and perhaps deserve to be. Meanwhile, the Soviets benefit from having popular rebel movements pushed into their embraces...