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Should that policy fail, the Administration will face some excruciatingly difficult choices. If Duarte should lose out to one of his rightist rivals, does the U.S. withdraw its support and leave the repressive new regime to its own brutal but dwindling devices? More difficult still, if the guerrillas seem on the brink of military victory, does the U.S. send in combat troops? Friendly countries in the region and American allies around the world would almost unanimously oppose deeper, more direct American involvement; the Administration would also have to contend with massive political and popular resistance in this country, based...
Approximately 300 Guatemalans die each month in fighting between leftist and rightist political groups, officials estimate...
...knew about the nation were the executives of companies like Texas Instruments, Chevron, Phelps Dodge, Kimberly-Clark, Texaco and Crown Zellerbach. Any time in the last 40 years, some carefully applied American pressure might have spawned major reform. Probably anytime, that is, until March of last year, when a rightist gunman shot and killed Archbishop Oscar Romero as he celebrated Mass. Perhaps anytime until November 28 of last year, when six leaders of the Democratic Revolutionary Front were assassinated. Maybe, though probably not, even today. As the crisis deepened, more decisive action would have been necessary. Instead, the Carter administration...
...typical mercenary adopts his lethal trade out of boredom, joblessness or rightist political views. He misses the excitement and discipline of military life and seeks a quick fortune. Many are readers of Soldier of Fortune, a U.S. magazine that specializes in the trade of war. The publication serves as a bridge between idle mercenaries and potential employers. Says Publisher Robert K. Brown: "It's the 'outs' that want 'in' who do the hiring." There are probably thousands of men available at any one time across the globe for mercenary operations, Brown believes. "They...
Even before the campaign began in late summer, far more was clearly at stake than one parliamentary seat. For the Tories, who had held the constituency since 1948, the election was a mini-referendum on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's hardline, rightist economic policies. Given the government's low standing in the polls, moreover, it was an election that Labor, bedeviled with internal problems of its own, could not afford to lose if the party were to retain its standing in opposition. For the recently created alliance, the race was the big chance. Victory for Pitt offered...