Word: rebel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...image as a rebel may be reviving. His first novel, Wild Berries, which has sold 4 million copies in the Soviet Union and will be published in the U.S. in June, was lambasted as dishonest and immoral by a prominent Soviet literary magazine in December. Still, Yevtushenko has not shaken the old charges of selling out. "The way American reporters see it, if an artist here is not in a mental hospital, that means he is a government slave," he says. "That's too simplistic...
...same time, the report asks the Salvadoran government to invite the rebel organizations to participate in the upcoming March elections and details plan to guarantee the fairness of the elections and the safety of all the participants. The preparation of the Salvadoran Army for the knock-down blow of the guerrillas is sure to keep the rebels away from the voting booths and the negotiating table. A far wiser course would be to delay increased military aid for El-Salvador and hope for signs of willingness to negotiate on the part of the insurgents. This would give the rebels time...
Front (F.M.L.N.). That was before the start of the winter offensive. In a four-day battle on the slopes of Cacahuatique mountain in the eastern department of Morazán late last month, government forces finally broke a rebel siege, but lost 40 men. U.S. military aides commended the army for responding so quickly to the guerrilla raid, but at least two support battalions broke and ran from entrenched positions...
American hopes and rebel aspirations will ultimately collide when El Salvador goes to the polls on March 25 to choose a President. "Elections are the key," says Pickering. "The government has a real opportunity to increase its support." But the guerrillas are equally determined to sabotage and discredit this attempt at U.S.-style democracy. The presidential campaign between U.S. -backed centrists and the reactionary right will be bitter and divisive. Whether a fair election can be held at all will depend on an army that has yet to prove its valor in battle or its commitment to change. - By John...
...their best to escape forced conscription drives. To restore discipline in the population, the Soviets have relied more and more on the KhAD, the local version of the KGB. They have also vented their frustration by mounting reprisals against the civilian population. When Soviet convoys are attacked by Afghan rebels, Soviet-led squads now retaliate by burning villages, fields and orchards and sometimes by executing the male inhabitants of nearby villages. Last July Soviet forces shot as many as 30 elders in the provincial capital of Ghazni. In October, after a series of raids on convoys outside Kandahar, the Soviets...