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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the world's attention focused on Eastern Europe, no one expected the resurgence of an ugly little war in a troubled little country on the American continent. Certainly not the El Salvadoran armed forces, or the U.S. Government, which funds the Salvadoran military to the tune of $85 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador The Battle for San Salvador | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

The motives behind the F.M.L.N. offensive were far from clear. The extent of the assault prompted speculation that the guerrillas were hoping a final sink- or-swim offensive would rally popular support and bring down the six-month- old Cristiani government. If that was the intent, the rebels missed their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador The Battle for San Salvador | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

The rebels broke off peace talks on Nov. 2, following a bomb attack on the headquarters of the left-leaning National Federation of Salvadoran Workers that killed ten people. The bombing was widely attributed to the right-wing death squads, which, after slumbering for several years, are once again marauding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador The Battle for San Salvador | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Democracy arrived with becoming moderation in Namibia last week. The country's first internationally accepted election went off almost flawlessly. An impressive 97% of the 701,000 voters peacefully chose a National Assembly that will write a constitution and end 74 years of South African control. By denying any single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Namibia The Doves Win | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

A. I think so. That tremendous social explosion came about because of the dammed-up frustration of the past eight years, the decline in living standards. Now, this year, in Venezuela we're going to have a dramatic drop, almost 10%, in our gross national product as a result of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: On Drugs, Debt and Poverty: Venezuela's CARLOS ANDRES PEREZ | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

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