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...general is misunderstood. "I am convinced," said Reagan, "that he has been getting a bad deal" from the press and foreign policy liberals. "General Rios Montt is a man of great personal integrity and commitment," added the President. So the Administration plans to resume its military aid to Guatemala that was banned five years ago by then-President Carter...
...Steven Solarz (D-N.Y.), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee said a change in policy by the Administration would make "a mockery of our pretensions to support the cause of human rights in Central America when we provide military assistance to a government like the one in Guatemala, whose security forces are responsible for the massacre of literally thousands of their own people." Unfortunately, Reagan can restore aid without Congressional approval, However, the Administration would have to periodically report to Congress on human rights conditions in Guatemala, as it currently does for El Salvador...
...many, such ends are not ill-advised. Besides, if the Administration should press allies like El Salvador and Guatemala to improve human rights conditions, as some contend--why shouldn't it strongarm Israel? Such an analogy overlooks the fact that Israel is a democracy, unlike those Latin American countries where outside pressure is the only possible influence on a dictator. For all its weaknesses, the Jewish state must decide on its own what course to follow; if Israelis have had enough of Lebanon, the territories and Begin, they have the internal procedures to say so and act on their will...
...REAGAN TRIED to negotiate the problems in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala instead of confronting them head on with muscle, military aid could be cut significantly. Then Congress would have funds to finance the positive measures of the Carribean Basin plan. Similarly, if the U.S. reaches an agreement with Nicaragua, both Costa Rica and Honduras would likely spend less on defense and hence more on immediate economic concerns...
...official in Washington aid that troubles in Latin America came from "leftists, communists, and other subversives." this off-repeated White House line obscures a striking reality about Latin America: The economic chaos Reagan will find during his trop sums up the recent history of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala as well. But in those countries, the resulting economic, social and political inequities--not a bunch of revolutionary communists--led to upheaval. Reagan hopes to avert a similar mess in the nations he will visit this week. Such a worthy goal might be fostered by paying a little more attention...