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Oscar Orellana Garcia, a representative of the human rights arm of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN)--which has fought a civil war in El Salvador throughout this decade--said U.S. support should be restricted to humanitarian aid and conditional upon the resolution of the country's political turmoil...
Garcia said that the right-wing party in El Salvador that won the country's national elections in March supports a policy of "total war" against FMLN. However, he said that FMLN's powerbase in the country has grown, giving the country opportunity for peace...
...ended near Mexico City last week without a breakthrough. Yet in offering to lay down their arms and join "the political life of the country" in exchange for military reforms and a six-month delay in the presidential elections scheduled for March 19, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) clearly scored a coup. By advancing a negotiable proposal, the rebels managed to put the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government -- and especially the army -- on the defensive...
...military and ARENA have both rejected the rebel offer, effectively eliminating it as a plausible alternative. But the FMLN initiative has fueled public expectations for peace. Washington responded with reserved praise for the meeting, which ended with an agreement that the government and the insurgents should begin peace talks immediately...
...FMLN has not yet traded in its guns for campaign posters. The guerrillas attacked two major military bases and knocked out several main power lines last week, leaving 60% of the country without electricity. The message was pointed: Postpone the elections or prepare for an escalation...