Word: guatemala
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Israel and Egypt account for a third of U.S. foreign aid, and their requests for increases will force the State Department to make painful choices in cutting back aid to other countries. Reagan's Administration has steadily emphasized military assistance. Last year El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala received a total of $297 million in military aid, and this year the President intends to ask Congress for an extra $150 million for El Salvador. Central America is expected to continue to receive a large portion of the military-aid allotment. The White House also wants Congress to nearly double...
...like the Top bananas that're robbing Guatemala banks blind...
...They did it in Vietnam, so there no reason they can't do it in Guatemala...
...there been any improvement in Guatemala over the last thirty years...
...thirty years ago the revolution in Cuba hadn't happened, the revolution in Nicaragua hadn't happened and the insurgency in EI Salvador hadn't gotten to the point it has now. Some of the same inequities still exist, but the historical context is very different. The opposition in Guatemala today are opposing the military on a whole different level. If and when they're ever victorious, it will be a far more profound change than they saw with the election of Aravenz [the first democratically elected president of Guatemala, deposed by a CIA coup...