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...blue colors of ARENA or the dark green of the Christian Democrats. Election lines moved smoothly, and most of the voting was completed well before the 6 p.m. deadline. Said José Antin Herrera, an election council official in the town of Ilobasco, 35 miles northeast of San Salvador: "We belong to different parties, but we're all Salvadorans. There are no problems here...
...attacks on polling areas that left five government troops and six guerrillas dead or wounded. A few guerrillas went door to door in communities with leaflets urging people not to vote. Once the balloting was over, however, the guerrillas returned to the offensive, blowing up power stations outside San Salvador and the regional center San Miguel. Late last week a five-member commando group of guerrillas held 73 people hostage for a day in a supermarket in San Salvador, after police foiled a rebel holdup. Eventually, the guerrillas gave up the hostages in exchange for an offer of refuge...
Despite the U.S. denials, it is no secret that the Reagan Administration strongly prefers Duarte, if only because a victory by D'Aubuisson, who is frequently alleged to have ties with right-wing death squads, would end any hopes for congressional approval of continued military aid to El Salvador. The election process itself has been carried out with great U.S. encouragement and assistance. Though Pickering is hardly the puppetmaster depicted by Helms, he has not refrained from voicing his government's views. When Duarte and D'Aubuisson were angling for the support of Francisco José ("Chachi...
...part, Helms is hardly a dispassionate observer. When D'Aubuisson's request for a U.S. visa was denied last November, the Senator loudly complained. Deborah DeMoss, a Helms aide who has visited El Salvador numerous times in the past year, tried to arrange a speaking engagement for D'Aubuisson at Georgetown University last January...
...underscore their concern about the election results, the Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives decided last week to postpone consideration of $62 million in proposed emergency military assistance to El Salvador until after the balloting. Said Democratic Representative Clarence Long of Maryland: "We want to send a notice to the [Salvadoran] military. They had better honor that election...