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...nearer. The U.S. considers the elections, which will create an assembly to write a new constitution before the presidential elections planned for 1983, to be a crucial step toward establishing full civilian democracy in the country. The Salvadoran left is boycotting the process, and the guerrilla groups hope to disrupt the balloting, with the aim of making the election meaningless. Spray-paint signs in the guerrilla colors of black and red warn Salvadorans that "whoever votes will be killed." Last week José Rodriguez Ruiz, a leader of one of the five major Salvadoran rebel groups, spelled out the guerrillas...
...weeks that remain before the March 28 election, the situation in El Salvador may well deteriorate further, since the guerrillas will step up military action to disrupt the voting. Last week a Salvadoran businessman, sympathetic to U.S. efforts, considered the problems that lay ahead. He carried a handgun on his hip and he had a shotgun in his car. "You can't have a stable country where 90% of your people are poor," said he. "You're sitting on a volcano. The Marxists already have the power of hatred...
...destruction of Ban Hin Taek may disrupt the heroin flow for a while. Thai officials claim they have swept Khun Sa's mercenaries out of Thailand and captured ten tons of guns and ammunition worth $2 million. But narcotics officials admit that the opium war is far from over. Says one Bangkok agent: "The syndicate will start up again. The problem is not supply but demand. People will continue to want heroin and be willing to pay big money for it." -By Marguerite Johnson. Reported by David DeVoss/Bangkok
...guerrillas are not trying to gain and hold large areas of territory. They are not capable of doing so, and in any case their strategy at the moment is evidently to kill as many soldiers as possible, exploit the army's human rights abuses, and disrupt the economy and the upcoming elections. In past months, the insurgents, who number between 4,000 and 6,000, compared with the 14,000-member Salvadoran army, have aimed at destroying or dominating transportation and communication links. They have often been highly successful: last August, up to 75% of the country was without...
...minutes leading-up to the Crimson explosion saw the Eli's forge a narrow lead as they managed to disrupt Harvard's normally fast-skating attack. Yale forced a sloppily-played game in which the Crimson offense, plagued by a frequent inability to capitalize on its scoring chances, was effectively stymied...