Word: salvadorans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report contradicts several other Administration assertions. It says U.S. strategy aims for definitive military victory over the Salvadoran rebels rather than a negotiated settlement. The report also charges that at least twice as many U.S. military personnel are in El Salvador as the congressionally approved...
...political fracas was viewed optimistically by some foreign observers, who noted that it was still a relative novelty for Salvadorans to settle their political differences by making recourse to the rule of law. As one political analyst put it, "You don't have to go to the military for a solution." On the other hand, any subsequent election gains by the political right would be a serious setback to the progress that Duarte has been making since his inauguration last June. Since then, the number of murders attributed to death squads has dramatically decreased, and extreme right-wing opposition...
...least eleven assassinations, nearly all by leftist gunmen. Further negotiations between the government and representatives of the leftist guerrilla groups are unlikely until after the elections. Reason: mounting right-wing opposition to a negotiated settlement. Rebel leaders, of course, contend that the breakdown of the peace talks means the Salvadoran military is now effectively back in control. According to Ruben Zamora, the bearded vice president of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, the guerrilla movement's political arm, "Duarte has no power...
...Salvador's notorious death squads and opened negotiations with Nicaraguan-supported leftist rebels while continuing to wage war against them. But Duarte faces strong opposition from right-wingers who deplore both his reform plans and negotiations with the rebels; the rightists hope to win a majority in the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly in March, and some U.S. analysts think they have a chance. If Duarte falls or is rendered ineffective, prospects for defeating leftist revolution look grim...
Significantly, many Salvadoran coffee growers seem less resentful of the rebels' role in labor negotiations than of government export and foreign- exchange taxes, because these levies are higher. Even in a country as bitterly divided as El Salvador, political enmity can take a back seat to economic self-interest...