Want Ad WANTED: PRESIDENT Requirements: – Must have no ties to institutions or coun- tries -Charisma — Political and parliamentary experience – Spirit of service and proven probity -English desirable but not indispensable -And other qualities to put El Salvador, Inc. in good working order Salary and Benefits: -$50,000 negotiable, depending on expe- rience and adjustable for inflation -Guaranteed prestige and place in history — Expense account – Telephone -Cars. -Personal security guards -Large and strategically located furnished home. Mission: To form a cabinet of honest people. To design social and economic policies…which encourage growth, reduce inflation and alleviate conditions of ex- treme poverty… Anyone interested should send a curricu- lum vitae to P.O. Box 000.5 and wait for the decision of the jury (the people). La Prensa Grdfica San Salvador October 1, 1988 Crying Wolf “1983 is the year of victory. We will defeat the FSLN in six months.” Indalecio Rodriguez, Political Director Nicaraguan Democratic Front (FDN) “1984 will be definitive for defeating the Sandinista regime.” Adolfo Calero Portocarrero, FDN leader “1985: This is the year 1979 for the Sandinistas.” Adolfo Calero Portocarrero “The Sandinista regime will fall be- tween September of this year [1986] and March of the next [1987].” Donald Lacayo, FDN spokesperson “1988 is the last year for the FSLN.” Enrique Bermddez FDN military commander REPORT ON THE AMERICAS D’Aubuisson’s Soulmates ARENA [El Salvador’s major right- wing party linked to the death squads] is a legitimate political party that espouses…the sorts of things Marga- ret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan have built their careers on. Jeanne Kirkpatrick Syndicated Column June 6, 1988 Visit Sunny Morazisn For one of the activities leading up to “International Tourism Day,” the Sal- vadoran Department of Tourism sponsored…a Breakfast Conference with the Israeli Ambassador, Arieh Amir, who spoke on…”Israel: Tour- ism in Conflictive Zones.” The objective…was to publicize the fact that even in such a conflictive zone as Israel today, [whose conflict is] given lots of press, a large scale tourist in- dustry thrives. La Prensa Grdfica San Salvador September 27, 1988 Plausible Deniability “We have never had a so-called dicta- torship, not even a benign one. This has never been a dictatorship. People do not know what a dictatorship is, or the strict control that is exercised by one.” General Augusto Pinochet Reagan’s Success Story “We had no message, no moral au- thority, offered no hope. We deserved to lose. We have allowed internal rot to hurt us badly. We began to act like previous governments that came to power and forgot our principles and what we claimed to represent when elected. The sad truth is that right now we have a complete lack of govern- ment and a completely ruined party. We raised hopes so high, and then we were no different from other parties. We have failed.” Official of El Salvador’s Christian Democratic Party Washington Post May 24, 1988
