Word: salvadore
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...extremely shrewd. Many say that he has managed to unite progressives and conservatives in the Salvadoran church with his moderate position. His theory that only reforms will neutralize insurrection is quite similar to Duarte's. When I ask him if the elections will contribute to progress in El Salvador, he crosses himself: "Let's hope...
...another without mercy and at times ferociously, pushing opposing programs from the center left to the extreme right. The fact that the extreme left does not take part will limit but not invalidate the process. This represents progress. It is not fair to compare what is happening in El Salvador with political processes in Sweden or in Costa Rica, countries with solid democratic traditions. It must be compared with what occurred in El Salvador ten, 15 or 20 years ago. Now, for the first time, the country's right wing does not trust the army to defend its interests...
...leaders of the conservative National Conciliation Party (P.C.N.), Hugo Carrillo and Luis Lagos, recalled a conversation they had with West German parliament members visiting El Salvador. They told the West Germans: "Yes, it is true that our election is imperfect compared with the ones in your country. When you go to campaign in the small towns and isolated hamlets, you don't have to leave behind your last will and testament because that trip may be your last. Isn't the risk we run in this campaign proof of our democratic calling?" It is true. Asking...
...firmly rejects the approach of liberation theologians who, he says, use Marxism to interpret the Bible in their own way and who believe they can adopt Marxism's techniques without its atheism. He accuses such writer-priests as Gustavo Gutierrez of Peru and Jon Sobrino of El Salvador of transforming spiritual concepts into political ones...
DIED. John Hoagland, 36, photographer for the Gamma-Liaison agency on assignment for Newsweek; of a gunshot wound suffered during a skirmish between government and guerrilla forces; near Suchitoto, El Salvador. Hoagland, a Central American specialist who had just been reassigned after a month's stint in Lebanon, was noted for his military knowledge and striking action photographs. He is the tenth foreign journalist killed in El Salvador in the past four years...