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...fourth speaker at the forum was Stephen Kinzer, the Latin American correspondent for the Boston Globe and author of the soon-to-be-published book, "Bitter Fruit," an account of the CIA-backed coup in Guatemala in 1954. Kinzer dealt specifically with the U.S. involvement in Guatemala, giving historical background and precedent for current CIA affairs...
...GUATEMALA CITY--Fifty Guatemalan villagers who were abducted January 1 by armed men have been found dead at two locations 150 miles west of Guatemala City...
...Left than during any war in history. And worse, though the national mood on a single issue--the war in Indochina--changed, and changed abruptly, the country's heart and soul were not moved. Or they were not moved enough. The proof is in El Salvador, and Guatemala, and Honduras...
...ideological leanings of the rebels--and usually they lean toward the full stomach and the healthy body--we push them towards the idiot inflexibilities of Russia. We did it to Cuba; we are doing it to Nicaragua; almost surely we will do it to El Salvador, and then Guatemala, and then Honduras, and on and on. Poor countries need someone to help them out, and though the Cuban example has proven that reliance on Moscow and a totalitarian economy is not fiscally sound (and there are at least solid rumors that Castro has been urging the Sandinistas and the Salvadoran...
South Florida are poor. Inspired by the Nicaraguans who fled their country after the downfall of President Anastasio Somoza in 1979, wealthy families from El Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela and Argentina are nervously preparing a South Florida refuge in case their own governments totter. They are pouring their fortunes into Miami banks; it is estimated that as much as $4 billion in Latin exile money is socked away in Miami...