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...another entry to the list of potential trouble spots around the world: the barren but mineral-rich Atacama Desert at the narrow border between Chile and Peru...
...southern border provinces. On the other side, the Chileans, bracing for a possible invasion, are mining the desert, implanting tank traps and building fortifications. While tensions across this sere, sparsely populated frontier have smoldering for nearly a century, the situation lately has become especially volatile as Peru and Chile frantically...
...Chile, with 79,600 men under arms (v. 63,000 for the Peruvians), would be the underdog in any set-to with its northern neighbor, partly because it has found modern weapons almost impossible to buy. Reason: the U.S. and Britain have imposed tight embargoes on sales of arms to General Augusto Pinochet's regime because of its callous record on human rights. Although Chile has begun receiving about 50 American F-5E and A-37 warplanes, ordered before the embargo, they may not be a match for Peru's Russian-made Su-22s, especially if Soviet training...
American-made F-4 Phantoms, which can easily handle the Su-22s and are eagerly sought by Chile's air force, are barred by the embargo. Chilean commanders also feel that they desperately need better tanks and more antitank and antiaircraft missiles. While Santiago has been able to make some purchases from private arms traders, the weapons acquired have been relatively unsophisticated and expensive. Moans a senior military analyst in Santiago: "Chile gets less for more...
...rights are stressed: "The United States should not in any way abet repressive actions or allow itself to be associated with brutally repressive governments." The report cautions against any attempt to dictate the form of Latin governments, but it strongly urges a cutoff of military aid to countries like Chile whose ruling regimes flagrantly violate civil liberties...