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What he found was a country much changed from the Somoza days. This time, McGinn says, he witnessed wide-spread enthusiasm on the part of the people. "It was clear that the people in the street were supportive," he says. "Now they could get health and educational services. The government was offering political participation and it appeared very democratic...
Like many of his colleagues, McGinn rejects the Administration's explanation of Central American instability. Rather than laying the blame on Cuban and Soviet penetration. McGinn sees the problem as one rooted in centuries of poverty and injustice. Not does he regard the analogy with Cuba as a particularly valid...
...policies may force Nicaragua along the Cuban route. McGinn says. He agrees with Steiner that armed pressure against the country will militarize the Sandinistas further and push them towards heightened internal controls. "If we attack Nicaragua we will eliminate loyal opposition in the country. The Sandinistas will necessarily centralize and rule out any opposition...
...McGinn, who teaches two courses on education at the Ed School and is a fellow at the Harvard Institute of International Development, will host a group of university presidents from four Central American countries who are visiting Harvard this week. The group will speak to a public forum at the Kennedy School on the role of the effects of war on their universities...
...Like McGinn, Assistant Dean of the Law School Frederick E. Snyder brought long academic involvement with Latin America to his trip to El Salvador last January. A lecturer on Latin American law, the 40-year-old Snyder teaches a course called "Law, Politics and Revolution in Latin America" and has published articles on the same subject...