Word: rebel
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...disparity between the West's largesse and the continuing food shortages is the result both of the long delivery time of grain shipped by sea and of Ethiopia's political divisions. The Eritrean Relief Association, an organization associated with separatist rebels in the country's northern province, has reportedly accused Ethiopia's Communist government of interfering with efforts to supply food to the region. In Tigre province, another rebel faction has been accused of preventing hungry people from going to government relief centers in the south...
When government and rebel representatives convened for peace talks in El Salvador's provincial town of La Palma six weeks ago, the mood was festive as thousands of expectant Salvadorans celebrated under the protection of smiling Boy Scouts. But the first meeting produced mainly promises to meet again, so when the two sides resumed their discussion last week in the village of Ayagualo, twelve miles from San Salvador, the atmosphere was tentative and tense. And when the two parties came down from their hilltop retreat after more than twelve hours of talks, they seemed no closer to peace than...
...summed up the discussions. "The road to peace isn't an easy one," said Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes, the government representative (President José Napoleón Duarte did not attend). Then, as the government side sped away, Rubén Zamora, the best-known member of the rebel delegation, climbed the steps to the microphones with three colleagues. Said Facundo Guardado, a senior guerrilla commander: "There is an oligarchical power that shares and applies the policies of the Reagan Administration, a power that is imposing itself against the will of the people...
...equally adept at battling guerrillas and winning the affection of peasants. Monterrosa was aboard a U.S.-built UH-1 military helicopter flying from Joateca to San Francisco Gotera when the aircraft went down near the Honduran border, killing all 14 passengers, including other senior army officers. Radio Venceremos, the rebel station, claimed that guerrilla forces had shot down the helicopter, but according to an army investigation, metal fatigue in the rotor shaft caused both blades to snap shortly after takeoff...
...tragedy came during a major army sweep through the mountainous department of Morazán, a rebel-infested area 115 miles southeast of San Salvador. The 400-man helicopter assault, named Operation Torola 4 and directed by Monterrosa, inaugurated the army's new strategy of "air-mobile warfare" less than a week after President Duarte's historic peace meeting with rebel leaders in La Palma. Though few rebels were found, the maneuvers yielded documents and other information about how the insurgents are organized. Monterrosa was well aware of the risks in such an operation: two days before...