Word: guatemala
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...These standards and ideals remain significant even though the contingencies of the real world sometimes force the U.S. and other countries to ignore them. France helped overthrow Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Republic in 1979, for example, and the U.S. played a role in deposing the governments of Guatemala (1954), the Dominican Republic (1965) and Chile...
...taught in Russian. Jebsen says El Salvador is of strategic importance, but this simply isn't the case. El Salvador itself is of no military importance; it is only important because of its proximity to the Panama Canal. Thus Jebsen argues the domino theory. But El Salvador only borders Guatemala and Honduras, two countries that already have unstable dictatorships...
...burning fuse and that accuses Mondale of failing to learn "the lessons of Vietnam" in Central America Hart argues that arms might not solve problems which stem from poverty, hunger, and disease. The Senator wants the U.S. immediately to "withdraw military forces introduced into Costa Rica. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, or Nicaragua for training exercises or any other purpose...
...story begins in a small village in Guatemala. The Xuncaxes (Enrique's and Rosa's family) and their neighbors speak of "El Norte" in almost mystical tones. Yet what they actually chat about is quite mundane--flushable toilets, electricity, and cars: Good Housekeeping magazine is their window on the promised land. What makes their prosaic vision doubly absurd is the peaceful beauty of their own surroundings: the vivid, innocent colors of the Indians' clothing and buildings; the quivering flowers and butterflies which bespeak a continual breeze; the soothing strum of a villager's harp; and the background warbling of exotic...
...than peace to the region, turn their islands into U.S. satellites and thrust them into the middle of superpower conflicts. Says Dominica's former Finance Minister Michael Douglas: "During the last few months, we have seen a lot of military assistance akin to that in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras...