Word: centrist
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There are almost too many imponderables to contemplate. Washington continues to hope that Duarte's centrist coalition will consolidate its power in El Salvador's elections, carry on efforts at domestic reform and eventually bring responsible left-wing elements into the political mainstream. The Administration is now simply more willing to talk about talking-and to use the hitherto forbidden word negotiation-although at week's end the State Department was discomfited by what it called Mexico's "premature" announcement of a U.S.-Nicaraguan parley in April. For that matter, there is no evidence yet that...
...sudden turn of events in Guatemala came at a critical moment for Central America. The coup took place just five days before the elections in El Salvador, which the U.S. had hoped would shore up the authority of centrist President José Napoleón Duarte and help him put down the violence of both right-wing extremists and leftist guerrillas. At the same time, the Reagan Administration had been feeling out the possibility of future negotiations involving Nicaragua and Cuba to reduce tensions in the region and end the bloodshed in El Salvador...
...Sunday's election. The voting is being boycotted by the left and threatens to produce either a low turnout or a victory by ultra-rightists (see WORLD). Either result would undermine U.S. policy, which has been based on the hope that the campaign would solidify power for the centrist regime led by President José Napoleon Duarte. Administration officials said that if the far right wins in El Salvador next week the President's aid plan for El Salvador, part of the Caribbean Basin package sent to Congress last week, would be reviewed. "Whatever new government is established...
...budget, a figure the editor's camp claims Evans could never even obtain, despite repeated attempts. Evans is said to be bound to silence by his severance agreement, but friends maintain that the real issue was politics. Under Evans the Times was sympathetic to the new centrist Social Democratic Party, while Murdoch reportedly wanted the paper behind Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
Reagan's immediate problem is that the ounces of prevention proposed last week will do little to solve the weighty woes of El Salvador. The military situation is deteriorating. The March 28 elections, which the U.S. had hoped would strengthen the centrist Duarte government, are in danger of being disrupted by the left. The rebels have begun a new offensive. And the harsh militaristic leaders of the far right threaten to gain power in a situation that is becoming more polarized, leaving the U.S. with fewer and fewer options. The Administration's policy now is simply to wait...