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University experts on Central American were unsure yesterday of the effect of Tuesday's military coup on Guatemala on that country and its relations with the United States...
...boiling over in much of Central America today can be traced as far back as the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. "We are in the wildest country and among the wildest people we have ever seen," wrote one of Hernán Cortés' commanders from Guatemala...
...Guatemala. Interviewed by TIME shortly after last week's stormy election. General Guevara said he planned to offer an amnesty to the guerrillas who have been fighting the government for years. But he was quick to add: "Those who do not accept will be battled against with all the resources of the state." Those tough words did not hold out much hope for a speedy end to the fighting that has been escalating on both sides since...
...member Guatemalan army is currently underequipped and undermanned to deal with the escalating rebel challenge. Though Guatemala is still Central America's richest country, its stagnating economy is unable to support a large-scale military expansion. U.S. military aid was cut off in 1977 when Guatemala refused to go along with Carter's human rights certification process. The Reagan Administration wants to resume military aid to help defeat the guerrillas, but in view of the regime's continuing abuses and last week's electoral farce, Congress would almost certainly block any such proposals...
...when he became involved in student politics while studying law. In 1950 he joined the Communist Party. In 1952 he was exiled, first to Honduras and then to Chile, returning to El Salvador only after a government amnesty for political offenders. In 1960 he was exiled again to Guatemala. In 1961 he returned to El Salvador as a member of the Communist underground. He organized the Unitary Front for Revolutionary Action, attached to the illegal Communist Party, and became the Communist Party's secretary-general...