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Life has become an ordeal for the people of this hauntingly beautiful land of tropical flowers, green mountainsides and winding gorges. Already burdened with the region's highest population density (593 per sq. mi.) and one of Latin America's lowest per capita incomes ($670 a year), the Salvadorans now face the possibility of economic collapse. The war has brought foreign investment to a halt, chased millions of dollars' worth of capital out of the country and crippled many transportation and communication links. The country's gross national product has dropped 19.5% since...
...over a country that feels threatened from abroad and is increasingly divided at home. The military and security forces are growing, the economy is crippled, the public increasingly disillusioned. Since July 1979, the country's foreign debt has more than doubled, from $1.5 billion to $3.5 billion, while per capita income has dropped from about $800 a year in 1978 to an estimated $650 in 1981. Instead of achieving the political democracy they promised, the Sandinistas have moved to consolidate their power by postponing elections until 1985, restricting freedom of speech, outlawing strikes, jailing some oppositionists
Enders' rhetorical questions pinpointed the reasons the Administration has taken such a firm position on El Salvador. That strife-torn country of 4.9 million people, roughly the size of Massachusetts, has the highest population density (593 per sq. mi.) and one of the lowest per capita incomes ($670 a year) in all of Latin America, and Washington is committed to support the Duarte government at a time when its survival is by no means cer tain. But the Administration fears that any slackening of U.S. support might lead to a major opportunity in Central America for Soviet-sponsored Cuba...
...give an indication of the tack King's campaign will take in the future. It seems he will contrast his governorship with that of Dukakis, taking credit for many of the improvements in the economic climate. The 60-second radio ad cites lower unemployment, lower taxes and higher per capita income. "The governor has not so good a job of educating," says Sean G. Mullin, King's field coordinator...
...public mind. For all his popularity in the West, Sadat did not enjoy great love and esteem at home. Many Egyptians felt that his regime was not only repressive but insensitive to their needs. Sadat's imperial lifestyle fueled intense resentment among a populace with a per capita income averaging only $469 a year. And his "open door" economic policy, intended to attract Western capital, served mainly to flood the country with luxury consumer goods and create a new class of millionaire middlemen and hustlers...