Word: marxist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Haig's view, accommodation with the Marxist, pro-Cuban Sandinistas was foolish because Nicaragua was already "lost." Meanwhile, the government of El Salvador, which has committed itself to land reform and fair elections, stands threatened by subversion; El Salvador's conquest by leftist rebels would have a falling-domino effect on the fragile democratic government in neighboring Honduras as well as the insurgency-threatened rightist regime in Guatemala. Haig's ultimate fear is that the entire region, from Mexico to Panama, might fall into the Soviet orbit, which would not only threaten America's vital security...
...possibility of more Marxist regimes in the hemisphere, and they chide the U.S. for its cries of alarm. In addition to their conciliatory rhetoric toward Castro and Communism, the Mexican authorities have allowed Cuban military aid to reach the Guatemalan insurgents across Mexican territory. There is little doubt that Mexico is playing a double game in the region. As a senior Guatemalan official put it last week: "Mexico thinks that by throwing meat to the Cuban dog, it can avoid being bitten itself...
Opposing the government are an estimated 3,000 guerrillas from four main Marxist factions, which receive some weapons and training from Cuba. Their strategy: isolate the capital and seize parts of outlying departments. The guerrillas are concentrating their propaganda and recruiting activities in areas inhabited by the country's poverty- stricken Mayan Indians, who make up roughly half of the total population...
True to their Marxist-Leninist orientation, the Sandinista leaders make no secret of their "moral support" for the Salvadoran leftists. Still, they adamantly deny charges that they are channeling arms into El Salvador, although most objective observers are convinced that at least some weaponry is coming through Nicaragua. The considerable Cuban influence in Nicaragua is increasingly resented by the populace. There are now about 6,000 Cubans in the country, including teachers, doctors, technicians and advisers to the armed forces and state security apparatus. At a suburb outside Managua last week, a local resident pointed to some comfortable-looking villas...
...cropped up often in recent months because, it appears, of the weekly's growing distrust of the news coverage of the El Salvador war: Columnist Cliff Kincaid drawn an interesting parallel. "In terms of inflammatory media coverage and the fact that outside communist powers are trying to impose a Marxist- Leninist dictatorship on an independent nation, El Salvador is another Vietnam...