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Duarte faces a host of other problems. Partly because guerrillas have destroyed numerous power lines, bridges and crops, and partly because so much Salvadoran capital has left the country, El Salvador's economy is in ruins. Local experts consider it a triumph that the country showed no decline in growth last year; in the previous four years, the economy shrank...
...political bastions, organized labor. In the past three years, Salvadoran prices have risen 98%; the government has allowed wage increases of only 20% for private sector workers and 10% for the public sector. Prior to the March 25 election round, bank and water works employees in San Salvador struck to protest the wage situation. In that climate of frustration there is danger that the guerrillas will achieve their goal of winning substantial support within the labor movement...
...Duarte's strongest ally may be the 41,000-member armed forces that nearly killed him twelve years ago. Most of El Salvador's 14 departmental commanders are pledged to support the new government. Those known to favor D'Aubuisson are expected to be transferred to harmless administrative jobs or to embassies abroad. One reason for the armed forces' anticipated compliance is the promise of additional U.S. military aid; last week the Salvadoran army began taking delivery of $32 million worth of ammunition and field equipment...
...toward greater democracy will only lead to a more sophisticated war." Duarte, whose own harsh experiences with Salvadoran reality may have tempered his sense of impatience, responds that "we are trying to get the people back to having faith and hope. We cannot offer miracles." But to pull El Salvador out of its violent maelstrom, something close to a miracle may be necessary...
...George Russell. Reported by David DeVoss/San Salvador and Barrett Seaman/Washington...