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...hour is already dangerously late. The Guatemalan government may have been able to turn aside the pleas of unarmed politicians last week, but the most populous (7.5 million) of the closely related quintet of countries is faced with a rising rebellion of dedicated guerrillas. In Nicaragua (pop. 2.5 million), the Sandinista guerrillas took power in 1979 and, despite their early vows to encourage "pluralism," have been moving zealously leftward ever since. Honduras (pop. 3.9 million) has a moderate government, but is fearful that it will catch the virus of rebellion from its neighbors. Even Costa Rica (pop. 2.3 million...
...possibility of more Marxist regimes in the hemisphere, and they chide the U.S. for its cries of alarm. In addition to their conciliatory rhetoric toward Castro and Communism, the Mexican authorities have allowed Cuban military aid to reach the Guatemalan insurgents across Mexican territory. There is little doubt that Mexico is playing a double game in the region. As a senior Guatemalan official put it last week: "Mexico thinks that by throwing meat to the Cuban dog, it can avoid being bitten itself...
...become desperate for U.S. arms to fight the guerrillas. As a condition for aid, the U.S. should insist that the generals who run the country stop repressing political opponents and start sharing power more widely and genuinely. Costa Rica's Monge believes that there are young officers in the Guatemalan army who realize that their country has to be more democratic to survive. Monge's advice to the U.S.: identify with those elements and help them prevail. > In Nicaragua the Sandinistas are unquestionably oriented toward Cuba and the Soviet bloc in foreign policy and are heading toward one-party, totalitarian...
They may no longer be relevant-according to the other factions in Guatemalan politics they are not-but they are apparently considered a risk to someone: last week passing cars fired a rocket and tossed grenades into the home of the Christian Democrats' secretary-general, Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo. The attack was the third or fourth attempt on his life, he isn't exactly sure about the total. "I don't know why I'm alive at this moment," he says, smiling. "It is a little fluke...
Guevara is expected to win, at a time when Guatemala is under heavy pressure from the U.S. to hold an election that is more honest than the one that resulted in President Lucas' victory, widely regarded as fraudulent. The U.S. and the Guatemalan government want a big turnout at the polls to show that the new regime has the support of the people. For just that reason, the guerrillas will be trying to disrupt the election. Thus the increasingly open warfare in Guatemala seems likely to become even more bloody in the months ahead. -By George Russell. Reported...