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...Salvador seemed caught up in its internal affairs last week, Honduras and Nicaragua appeared preoccupied with foreign relations. In a veiled rebuke to the U.S., General Walter LÓpez Reyes, the commander of Honduras' armed forces, attacked the autocratic policies of his predecessor, General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez, who was ousted by the military in March. In a televised speech, LÓpez announced that the 37-member Armed Forces Superior Council was once again the final arbiter of all defense matters. Though Lopez did not criticize the U.S. directly, his talk served notice that Washington could...
...Capitol Hill, the White House won a small victory in its ongoing battle with Congress over emergency military aid for the Salvadoran government, which is now in its fourth year of war against some 10,000 Marxist-led guerrillas of the Farabundo Salvador, Martí National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.). By a 16-to-13 vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee gave its approval to a $93 million aid package after President Reagan lobbied personally for the bill. At a White House lunch for Republican women officeholders, Reagan argued last week that without the aid money, "El Salvador cannot hold secure elections...
What is the opinion about the elections among those who will not be taking part, the members of the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación National (F.M.L.N.)and the Frente Democrático Revolucionario-or, more simply, the guerrillas and their political allies? F.D.R. President Guillermo Ungo, whom I encountered on a flight from Amsterdam to Central America, told me the elections will be meaningless even in the event of a massive turnout. "Voting is obligatory, and the people know that if they don't have a stamp on their identification papers showing they voted, they...
...been widely criticized as a 9-to-5 fighting force lacking both skill and determination. Last week 4,000 U.S.-trained Salvadoran troops were combing the fields and volcanic mountains of the rich agricultural department of Usulután, seeking to dislodge elusive units of the Marxist-led Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.), whose hit-and-run tactics have virtually crippled the economy of the strategic area. TIME Mexico City Bureau Chief David DeVoss accompanied the government forces and sent this assessment...
...thirds of their orders. The home-computer price war that followed last summer's glut of the devices has helped stimulate demand to a record level. When Computer Programmer Lawrence Hoyle bought a Commodore 64 as a present for his nieces and nephews last week at a K mart in Lawrence, Kans., he paid about $500 for the computer, software and a disc drive. Said he: "A year ago I would have spent three times as much...