Word: insurrectionism
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"Our governments abandoned the population," says Presidential Candidate Maldonado, "and this formed the base for revolutionary action. Any other people would have had a popular uprising by now. The only reason why not is that the people are afraid of the Communists who are leading the insurrection. We must show...
There are no plans to send American combat troops into action any place in the world." For what seemed to be the umpteenth time, Ronald Reagan gave that assurance last week about the limits of U.S. involvement in Central America. But even as he once again cleared the air, Reagan...
A well-organized underground movement founded in 1965, the Mujahedin was active in the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. But it later split with the clergy-dominated regime of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. Over the past eight months it has launched a bloody campaign of insurrection that culminated in the...
In short, the Administration made it clear that it intends to draw a line in El Salvador, as part of its view that Soviet-and Cuban-backed subversion lies behind armed insurrection in the Western Hemisphere. Said Enders, before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee: "If El Salvador is captured by...
To this canvas of dollar-sign diplomacy last week came a new, but hardly unexpected, brush stroke: a drastic increase in assistance to the controlling military regime of El Salvador. Drawn, appropriately enough, from the Pentagon's increased revenue, $55 million will go to the Central American country, $25 million...