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...most dramatic new factor is the leadership from bishops. Once belittled by church liberals as excessively cautious. much of the hierarchy is out in front of many in its U.S. flock of 50 million. Indisputably, though, the episcopal presence has been lending the causes an image of centrist respectability. "With American bishops, you're not dealing with radicals or anti-American kooks," says Father David Tracy of the University of Chicago...
...week wore on, however, the reasons for optimism began to fade. At first the election had looked like a stunning personal victory for Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of the civilian-military junta and the man backed by the U.S. because of his moderate reform policies. His centrist Christian Democratic Party led the balloting with a 40% plurality and 24 seats in the 60-member assembly, which will name an interim President, write a new constitution and organize national elections. The Christian Democrats hoped that after their strong showing they would easily be able to control the assembly by forming...
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...
...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...