Word: salvadore
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...faith from some assumed normal cause to an abnormal horrendous effect. In the gap between cause and effect sits gasping human will, flailing about in an effort to rationalize events that, in the end, cannot be rationalized. In 1969 a full-scale war broke out between Honduras and El Salvador that began with soccer fans clashing during the elimination round of the 1970 World Cup and concluded with bombing raids, troop movements and, eventually, 2,000 dead. Where does the historian search for the onset of that war: in the stadium or in the genes...
...EVENTS of that year have a special significance for Allende. As the niece Salvador Allende, the nation's last freely elected president, she observed firsthand the bloody coup in which her uncle was killed and her nation's tradition of democracy destroyed...
...miles from San Jose to train hundreds of civil guardsmen. The only bright spot was El Salvador, where captured documents gave backing to Administration claims that Salvadoran leftist guerrillas have strong ties to Nicaragua and the Soviet bloc...
There was some comfort for the Reagan Administration in El Salvador, where the government last week revealed documents that, if authentic, back Washington's charges of strong leftist Salvadoran guerrilla ties to the Soviet bloc and Nicaragua. The papers indicate that several guerrillas have attended military-training courses in the Soviet Union, Viet Nam, East Germany and Bulgaria. The letters, diaries and other documents also suggest that relations between the Salvadoran rebels and the Sandinistas have been strained at times, particularly in the months following the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada. The papers, said one U.S. official, "tend to confirm...
...Salvador's antigovernment guerrillas had warned Mayor-elect Lucio Rios not to take the oath of office in the small town of Nueva Esparta. Frightened, Christian Democrat Rios did not appear for the ceremony, but the insurgents kidnaped him anyway. Since May 1 they have seized 14 mayors and seem determined to abduct many more in contested municipalities where, according to the rebels, there is a "duality of power" between government and guerrillas. The rebels specifically link their campaign to the national guard's alleged capture of two women guerrillas, but the real aim seems to be to destroy local...