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HOSPITALIZED. Salvador Dali, 80, eccentric Spanish surrealist painter who in recent years has lived as a recluse in his castle near Cadaqués, in Catalonia; for surgery to treat severe burns received when his canopied bed caught fire; in Barcelona...
That may be wishful thinking. By any measure El Salvador's economy is a shambles. Unemployment stands at 30%, inflation at 13%. Since 1978 the gross national product has fallen by 30%, retail sales by 44%. Meanwhile, the country's foreign debt more than doubled, from $334 million to $801 million by 1982. Faced with a shrinking tax base and a war that will consume approximately 23% of this year's $9.4 billion national budget, the government has resorted to printing more money, further weakening the battered colon. So far, however, Duarte has resisted devaluation, even though...
...bodyguards. "Nappo," as friends call him, dabbles at landscape painting, but he seeks relaxation mainly in talking politics with cronies or with Inés, his wife of 35 years. Sometimes he seeks out one of his six grown children for political advice: Alejandro, 33, is mayor of San Salvador, a job the elder Duarte held for six years...
...Given El Salvador's violent past and forbidding present, Duarte may seem to be embarked on a quixotic, even dangerous venture. Aware of the challenges-and the physical risks, should he push the armed forces or the conservative oligarchy too far-the engineer turned politician nonetheless remains optimistic that he can build democracy and stability in a land that has known little of either. "Give me a chance," he said to a group of visitors last month. "It won't be easy, but don't be impatient. We will get there...
...James Kelly. Reported by Ricardo Chavira and J.T. Johnson/San Salvador...