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Less than four weeks after the invasion of Grenada, U.S. soldiers once again had launched an amphibious assault in the hemisphere. But this time no one shot back. The landing at Puerto Castilla on Honduras' northern coast marked the beginning of a seven-day training mission with 700 Honduran troops. It was part of a series of joint military exercises involving the U.S. and its staunchly anti-Communist ally. Though billed as routine, Big Pine II, as the exercises are called, reflected a major buildup of U.S. military might aimed largely at intimidating Honduras' southern neighbor, Marxist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America: Once More onto the Beach | 11/28/1983 | See Source »

Hence the provocation of the hedgehogs, which consists of meddling just enough to get Washington to see a Soviet threat, and then waiting for the United States to make enemies. It is useful to have American warships shelling Lebanese villages, U.S. Special Forces on patrol with Honduran soldiers who shoot peasants, or "constructive engagement" of South Africa as the South Africans attack neighboring countries. Encourage, it. Send missiles to the Syrians, arms to Nicaragua through the American flotilla offshore, and--for hard cash--sell Muammar Qaddafi whatever he wants. Train a few hundred guerrillas to blow up oil tanks...

Author: By Seth Singleton, | Title: Provoking The Hedgehogs | 10/21/1983 | See Source »

...exploited that enthusiasm by invoking the threat of the CIA-backed contras. The Sandinistas began cracking down on dissent shortly after their 1979 takeover, and to impose a tough "emergency law" in March 1982 they seized upon an incident in which contras blew up two bridges near the Honduran border. Among the law's provisions: prior censorship and detention without due process. As the contra attacks have continued, the Sandinistas have successfully appealed to nationalist sentiment while using the external menace as an excuse for not fulfilling earlier promises. Says Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra: "For a country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua: Nothing Will Stop This Revolution | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...known as MISURASATA, have opposed efforts by the Sandinistas to turn communal Indian property into state holdings and to relocate entire villages. Says MISURA Leader Steadman Fagoth Mullen "We want to be left alone." The group draws recruits from among the 13,500 Indians living across the border in Honduran refugee camps, but, according to Fagoth, his insurgents are so ill-equipped that they must go into battle with as little as 30 rounds of ammunition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Dangerous Game | 10/17/1983 | See Source »

...officials are equally reticent about a new deepwater port in the northern coastal town of Puerto Castilla. The official story is that the port in Puerto Castilla was developed by a private U.S.-Honduran joint venture that, at the point of failure, miraculously found new financial backing. Whatever the case, without the facility the U.S. would not have been able to land equipment for the Seabees, let alone mount Big Pine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Honduras: Making Themselves at Home | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

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