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...process of transformation did not refer to the classics of Marxism-Leninism. They referred to the simplest natural rights due man upon his very birth in accordance with common sense." In turn, Fuentes aimed the same observations at the equally simplistic Reagan Administration, saying that attributing unrest in El Salvador to Communist infiltration "is akin to crediting the Soviet accusations that the Solidarity movement in Poland is somehow the creature of the United States." He added that the conflict in El Salvador, as throughout the region, springs from years of being fed up with "political corruption and democratic impossibility...
...face of the warlike Nicaragua-Honduras tension and of the dramatic internal situation in El Salvador, one must try for a dialogue of peace. Peace is not going to solve all the problems, but it is a sine qua non for resolving them. Following pacification, there must be support for pluralism and for elections. Finally, even this will be insufficient without social justice. It is a plan that should be developed and supported by all the countries of the region, by Western Europe...
Vice President George Bush at Furman University in Greenville, S.C.: "The guerrillas [in El Salvador] hope that if they can keep this horrible war going on long enough, well-meaning but misguided people will call for negotiations to bring out what is euphemistically known as power sharing. Well, we've tried that in the past. When the Sandinistas first came to power in Nicaragua, this country was extremely generous in its support. We hoped that the revolutionary government would live up to its promise to institute democracy and pluralism. But they failed to keep every promise they made...
...gunned down three trade-union leaders. Says Ramón Custodio López, a doctor who helped found the Honduran Commission for the Defense of Human Rights: "The repression is systematic. It is directed against anyone suspected of being a sympathizer or supporter of the revolution in El Salvador or in Nicaragua...
...leftist terrorism that followed the return to civilian rule. Last year, for example, Honduran leftists hijacked a domestic airliner and later held 100 businessmen and government leaders captive in the San Pedro Sula Chamber of Commerce building. Honduran security police have also uncovered "safe houses" used by El Salvador's guerrillas to store guns and radio transmitters...