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...popular enthusiasm. Pledging an end to the civil war and the beginning of an era of stability, Duarte became El Salvador's first freely elected civilian President in half a century. It was a particularly satisfying victory, since Duarte had been robbed of the presidency in 1972, when Salvadoran soldiers halted the vote count and beat the candidate severely. Duarte fled into exile in Venezuela, not venturing home until seven years later, when a coup paved the way for his participation in a military-civilian junta. When the presidential nod finally came, he proclaimed, "This moment is just the beginning...
...months that followed, Duarte tried unsuccessfully to get the peace talks back on track. He also implemented an austerity program that enjoyed greater support in Washington than in San Salvador. A hefty devaluation of the Salvadoran colon and a tax on coffee, the country's main export, pushed inflation to the 40% mark and raised unemployment close to 50%. Wary businessmen sought investments abroad, while some of the unions that had once supported Duarte joined a new opposition labor confederation. In October 1986 an earthquake flattened much of San Salvador, killing 1,500 people and inflicting $1 billion in damages...
COCA members allege that law enforcement officials were overly violent when police picked up and threw to the ground several protesters who impeded the Salvadoran leader's motorcade in front of the Hemenway...
...whom critics have linked to several "death squad" killings in his country, visited Harvard this weekend to watch his son, who is a Princeton undrgraduate, play squash. His trip sparked several protests by COCA and the Boston-based Central American Solidarity Association, culminating in an effort to block the Salvadoran leader from leaving Hemenway, which prompted the police action...
...With Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani nowhere to be seen, the Crimson (9-0 overall, 3-0 Ivy) returned to business as usual, devastating Tufts and MIT in routs of 8-1 and 9-0, respectively...