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Members of the Central America Solidarity Association (CASA) called on the United States government yesterday to cut off aid to the government of El Salvador, which they charged with the assassination of a human rights group director earlier this week...
Herbert Ernesto Anaya Sanabria, the 32-year-old coordinator of the non-governmental Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (CDH), was killed by two armed men in civilian clothes as he left his house on Monday to bring two of his five children to school. No group has claimed responsibility for the murder...
...People tend to forget what's going on in ElSalvador--particularly if they haven't beenthere--because it's not in the news," said HilaryL. Richard, a third-year law student who spent thesummer doing research in El Salvador with the helpof Anaya and his wife...
...contra leaders to be mediated by Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, Nicaragua's Roman Catholic Primate. "There's a new mood in Central America now," Arias told TIME. "I hope President Ortega will revise his position and accept dialogue." Two other signatories to the peace plan, El Salvador's President Jose Napoleon Duarte and Honduras' President Jose Azcona Hoyo, echoed Arias' appeal...
...Arias plan, which was signed by the leaders of five Central American nations, including Nicaragua and El Salvador, recognizes the sovereignty of Nicaragua. It requires all countries to open their political process and to have a free press, leading to such tangible successes as the opening of La Prensa--an opposition paper in Nicaragua. It has already led to a peace between the Sandinistas and several Indian tribes in their country. But, most important, it shows that the countries of Central America, regardless of their political nature, can work together toward peace...