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...David cannot be only a separate peace between Egypt and Israel, postponing a response to the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people. Time is not on the side of peace in that area. Peace must be promoted without delay and with vigor along the line strongly supported in the Inter-Parliamentary Union [an association of parliamentarians from around the world]: reciprocal and simultaneous recognition between the state of Israel and Palestinian representatives. Anyone who objects to Palestinian representatives may one day find it impossible to have a dialogue with anyone, and may then regret the lost opportunity...
...emergency session to consider the Falklands crisis. Staring directly at Haig during a virulent, 45-minute speech, Costa Méndez charged that U.S. support for Britain was "illegal and repugnant" and that the U.S. had "turned its back" on Latin America. He warned: "The future of the inter-American relationship is under threat." As Haig sat in stony silence, most of the assembled delegates gave the Argentine diplomat a long standing ovation...
...Aubuisson the benefit of the doubt, but some members of Congress are not. Senator Paul Tsongas, a leading critic of U.S. policy in El Salvador, called the suspension of part of the land reforms a "breaking of faith." Said Democratic Congressman Michael Barnes, chairman of the House Inter-American Affairs Subcommittee: "These actions seem to confirm that the wrong guys...
Predictably, the future for Guatemala would seem to be more of the same--strict military rule. Unlike most coups, Rios Montt's takeover does not represent a significant shift from one end of the political spectrum to the other. Rather, the events of March 23 demonstrate an inter-factional fight that will have little effect on the well-being of the Guatemalan people...
Whether the rift between the U.S. and its Latin neighbors will prove serious depends on how long the Falklands dispute lasts. While the U.S. and Britain are aligned against a Latin American nation, "Hispanidad," the tradition of Latin American solidarity, will remain at the fore, overshadowing a myriad of inter-American territorial and ideological disputes, like Argentina's quarrel with Chile over the Beagle Channel. Already there are mutterings within the Organization of American States about moving the headquarters of that hemispheric coalition out of Washington, or forming a purely Hispanic rival group. Said a senior O.A.S. official: "Never...