Word: maga
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...page certification document offered no grounds for unalloyed optimism. The report admitted that the overall improvement "has not been as great as hoped" and that "serious problems remain." On the issue of human rights, the report claimed that the government of President Alvaro Alfredo Magaña "is making a concerted and significant effort" to curb violations. The study presented statistics from five sources showing that the number of civilian deaths from political violence has dropped considerably. Said Enders: "All available evidence suggests that the most serious violations are on a slow, downward curve...
...country's newly elected Constituent Assembly, led by its right-wing president, Roberto d'Aubuisson, has tried to undermine the reform laws, the study nonetheless contended that 10,000 provisional land titles had been handed over to former renters and sharecroppers in the past six months. President Magaña, moreover, has led a campaign to return the land to farmers illegally evicted from their new holdings: since June, according to the report, some 2,000 families have returned to their farms...
Meanwhile, the army commanders stepped up their pressure in favor of Magaña's election. On Tuesday, D'Aubuisson and other political leaders were summoned to high-command headquarters and bluntly warned that the military might mount a coup if the right did not go along with the army's demands. Faced with that ultimatum, the politicians quickly hammered together the deal that led to the election of Magaña and his three Vice Presidents...
...Salvador's new President is a short, balding man with black horn-rimmed glasses and a reputation for political shrewdness that belies his gentle, unassuming manner. He studied economics at the University of Chicago from 1951 to 1955, and subsequently worked for the Washington-based of American States. Magaña's nomination by the army reportedly stems from his practice of giving preferential interest rates to military officers during his 17 years as president of El Salvador's Banco Hipotecario. Said to have a flexible attitude toward the land-and banking-reform programs and a willingness...
Just how much real power Magaña will wield from the Presidential Palace will become apparent as he begins to assemble his Cabinet. With only two months remaining before Congress again reviews El Salvador's human rights record, Washington policymakers were hoping that Magaña's election would bring real improvement. Said one State Department official: "The government will look good. The nagging doubts are whether it will act well . "- By Thomas A. Sancton...