Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fund a rebel army and enforce a trade embargo against Nicaragua. We pay Honduras to house the Contras. We even send money to right-wing think tanks in Costa Rica in an attempt to destabilize the regional negotiations of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize...
...Salvador, the U.S.-backed right-wing government has spent the last two weeks battling leftist insurgents in one of the fiercest rebel offensives of the decade. Media attention has focused on the possibility of a rebel victory, allegedly presided over by the Soviets and their Cuban and Nicaraguan allies. No one mentions the possibility that the insurgents might be independently fighting to overthrow a brutal right-wing regime and to assert El Salvador's right to self-determination...
While both sides inflicted civilian casualties, the air attacks by the army appeared to take the highest toll. On the periphery of the capital, the poor neighborhoods believed to be rebel strongholds were repeatedly strafed by rockets and machine-gun fire from above. Some citizens alleged that bombs were indiscriminately dropped in residential areas. Cristiani countered that the government had authorized the use of bombs only where the army had isolated F.M.L.N. units and was reasonably sure civilians would not be injured. In many areas, citizens were forced to abandon their homes, creating a stream of tens of thousands...
Last Wednesday I tried calling Father Ignacio Martin Baro, as I usually did when I was in El Salvador. Talking with him was always a welcome respite from the government and rebel spin doctors with their self-serving versions of events. "He's at home," said a voice on the other end of the line. "You'll have to see him tomorrow...
...despicable people, who are wanted by justice, is dishonest. It would twist the values of our country. It is an immoral and terrifying proposition." Gomez -- whose title became publisher when he was elected mayor of Medellin in 1988 -- has turned into a leading advocate of government bargaining with all rebel factions. His rationale for dealing with the traffickers: they cannot be defeated outright. Some critics suggest he may have been spooked by a bungled 1987 kidnap attempt...