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...country. They were laying the groundwork for a much heralded series of U.S. military maneuvers in Honduras, scheduled to last until at least next March. Among the aims of the exercises, known as Big Pine II, is the training of approximately 6,000 local soldiers-about 50% of the Honduran army-in U.S. combat and counterinsurgency tactics...
Even if the colonel's remarks seemed oddly bland, he knew that the stakes are high in the Honduran war games. For one thing, the Big Pine exercises are taking place next door to revolutionary Nicaragua, a country the Reagan Administration considers to be a dangerous Marxist-Leninist force in the hemisphere, with ties to Cuba and the Soviet Union. For another, El Salvador is also in the neighborhood, and although the Administration has consistently ruled out the possibility of sending U.S. troops to fight leftist guerrillas there, American advisers in Honduras have begun training Salvadoran soldiers...
...addition to protection, the new U.S. presence in Honduras means something that is even more appreciated by local residents: money. In the towns where U.S.-built airstrips are emerging, for example, there has been a sudden efflorescence of Honduran shopkeepers, motel owners, restaurateurs and others eager for U.S. dollars. Gasoline sales in the Pacific port of San Lorenzo (pop. 20,000), near one U.S. encampment, are up by 25%. Says a Honduran businessman: "If there is money to be made here, we should be the ones to gain...
...Honduras. It is difficult to know how the political system will be affected by the presence of the U.S. military and the contras on Honduran territory. As far as I know, some of the opposition parties have questioned the wisdom of having such a large military presence in Honduras. It may make military forces predominant within Honduran society. We would very much prefer to see the responsibility for government remain with civilians...
...local bus-from the northern farming hamlet of San José de Bocay to the village of Jinotega, seven hours away, is a nerve-searing experience. The winding road runs through an area infiltrated by U.S.-supported contras who are waging a cat-and-mouse war along the Honduran border against Nicaragua's Sandinista regime. Although there have been contra ambushes before, last week's was particularly grisly...