Word: rebel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...guerrilla groups hope to disrupt the balloting, with the aim of making the election meaningless. Spray-paint signs in the guerrilla colors of black and red warn Salvadorans that "whoever votes will be killed." Last week José Rodriguez Ruiz, a leader of one of the five major Salvadoran rebel groups, spelled out the guerrillas' broad strategy: "We are going to attack the cities better each time, especially San Salvador...
...resiliency of the guerrilla forces that are disrupting El Salvador and causing the U.S. such concern is demonstrated not only by their strong showing at the battle of Guazapa but at small encampments throughout the countryside. Typical is a rebel stronghold in the department of Usulután, 80 miles southeast of San Salvador. In February, the army had launched a campaign against the area, which Defense Minister General José Guillermo Garcia boasted would bring about "the final destruction of the guerrillas." But last week the rebels had solidly re-established themselves in their old surroundings...
There is even some question whether the guerrillas in El Salvador could keep bargains made in good faith. The rebel collective is an uneasy lashing-together of at least five factions with conflicting programs. The most radical, the Popular Liberation Forces, led by Salvador Cayetano Carpio, believe in the traditional Marxist guerra prolongada, a war sustained until ultimate, total victory. Neither negotiations nor elections would necessarily stop this group from fighting...
Perhaps the most ominous sign of rebel intentions is that the crucial issue in any negotiations would be control of El Salvador's army and arsenals. Some rebel factions demand a complete purge of the current military leadership because of its ties to the old ruling oligarchy and the savage right-wing "death squads" that still roam the country. Whatever group takes charge of the country's firepower-as the Sandinistas did from the outset in Nicaragua-will be able to impose its will on the rest of the country...
...Dostoyevsky of the silver screen, and will go to any convoluted lengths to get a strained or totally phony argument going. In this case, the great mogul (played with a flashy show of menacing teeth by Klaus Kinski) wishes to bump off the revolutionary (Armand Assante) and hires the rebel leader's old Harvard roommate to do the job. This character (Ray Sharkey) pretends to go along with the scheme because he is a victim both of existential ennui and of a sudden obsessional letch for the financier's wife. Much show-biz Big Think ensues...