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Most cold-blooded was the brutal slaying of six Jesuit priests, which seemed to symbolize all that is wrong in El Salvador. While no one has claimed responsibility, immediate suspicion centered on the country's resurgent right- wing death squads. In the predominantly Roman Catholic country, angry accusations and outrage over the barbaric murders were certain to linger long after the battle had died. And for the U.S., they raised once again the moral dilemma of aiding a country where such acts have repeatedly gone unpunished...
...peace talks on Nov. 2, following a bomb attack on the headquarters of the left-leaning National Federation of Salvadoran Workers that killed ten people. The bombing was widely attributed to the right-wing death squads, which, after slumbering for several years, are once again marauding throughout El Salvador. The rebels hold Cristiani and his rightist Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) government responsible for both the resurgence of the death squads and the arrest, injury or killing of more than 400 suspected guerrilla sympathizers in recent months. It is likely that last week's offensive was at least in part...
...problem, of course, is that as both sides strive to prove that they can stand up to their enemy, it is the people of El Salvador who reap the consequences. "If this spiral of violence continues," warned San Salvador's Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas, "death and destruction will sweep away many, especially those who are of most use to our people...
...roads to peace remain open. The rebels seem prepared to take either one. "There is still time to negotiate and prevent more bloodshed," says F.M.L.N. representative Salvador Cortez. "But if the government remains stubborn in its refusal to negotiate in good faith, then we are prepared to continue until the end." Peace talks are scheduled to resume in Caracas on Nov. 21. Government representatives vow to be there; the rebels have said they will not attend. The U.S. is urging them to return to the negotiating table. The governments of Central America should lend their voices to that call. Otherwise...
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...