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...compared with the 14,000-member Salvadoran army, have aimed at destroying or dominating transportation and communication links. They have often been highly successful: last August, up to 75% of the country was without electricity at one time or another due to guerrilla attacks. El Salvador's gross national product, which grew by 4.4% as recently as 1978, shrank by 19.5% last year. A decline in world prices for such exports as coffee, cotton and sugar is a factor in the slump, but the war has brought new investment to a halt and driven many businessmen to close their...
Despite the recent guerrilla activity, the military situation in El Salvador is in effect a standoff. And, says one U.S. observer, "I don't see anything happening to move them out of that stalemate." The guerrillas complain of shortages of military hardware, though the Reagan Administration has made frequent accusations that significant numbers of weapons are being clandestinely supplied to the guerrillas by Nicaragua. According to some leftist sources, the main reason the insurgents failed to launch an expected offensive in mid-January was that their ammunition stocks could not sustain both a major attack and a longer-range...
...appeal bolstered by slick public relations techniques and energetic grass roots campaigning that emphasize law and order, ARENA'S popular strength is estimated at 15% of the electorate, vs. the Christian Democrats' 40%. ARENA'S popular support is still rising. Says one Western diplomat in El Salvador: "D'Aubuisson is now a third force." He may yet ally himself with the conservative National Reconciliation Party, the traditional political vehicle of the oligarchy, which has 30% support...
Thus it is conceivable that Christian Democrat Duarte could be maneuvered out of the presidency, making the problems of social and political reform in El Salvador even more difficult. If that happens, the battle for Central America that U.S. policymakers feel is now under way could well become a much bloodier affair...
Charles Herman was a Harvard-educated journalist, writing for The Nation and public TV. In 1972 he and his wife arrived in Chile, and, 15 months later, during the bloody coup that deposed Salvador Allende, he disappeared. In outline, Charles looks like a modern, minor John Reed. But Missing is not his story. Instead, it tracks the attempts of Charles' wife (Sissy Spacek) and father (Jack Lemmon) to discover whether the young man is indeed missing or dead-killed by the junta for crimes unknown...