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...failed assassination attempt represented a dramatically sharp escalation of opposition to Pinochet's repressive regime. Though he is now highly unpopular, even among many conservatives who supported him when he led the military coup that ousted the government of Marxist President Salvador Allende Gossens, this was the first attempt to kill the President...
...idea of "root causes" has great political attraction. Some years ago in the U.S., it dominated debate on policy toward El Salvador. It was argued that the Administration's hopes for a military solution were futile because the real causes of the insurrection were poverty, misery and hunger...
Three years ago, Senator Christopher Dodd delivered a nationally televised speech on behalf of the Democratic Party opposing proposed aid to the government of El Salvador. "If Central America were not racked with poverty . . . hunger . . . injustice," argued Dodd, "there would be no revolution." That is the premise. And the conclusion? "Unless those oppressive conditions change" -- Can they? Can the U.S. will them to? -- "the region will continue to seethe with revolution." The choice? Either "to move with the tide of history" or "stand against...
Administration leaks mentioned three of Nicaragua's neighbors -- Honduras, Panama and El Salvador -- as possible training sites and sanctuaries. But as soon as the speculations surfaced, it became clear that opposition to some of the Administration's anti-Sandinista schemes came not just from Congress but also from Honduras, Panama and El Salvador...
...wiser to watch what countries do than what they say. U.S. officials construed the refusals as signals to Washington that the Administration should treat its Central American friends with more respect, and more generously. There was strong suspicion among some State Department officials that while Panama and El Salvador were earnest about wanting no part of the contras, Honduras -- for the past four years a major unofficial contra refuge -- hopes to induce the U.S. to sweeten its aid allotment. Observers noted that a Honduran delegation was in Washington last week negotiating for a larger helping from the $300 million...