El Salvador- U.S. Ups the Ante
In the face of a widespread of- fensive by the Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN), the U.S. government ...
EL SALVADOR: Entering the Quagmire
Let me assure you that we are [providing military assistance to El Salvador] with the greatest prudence and caution and ...
Repeating Past Mistakes: Aiding Counterinsurgency in Colombia
On January 11 of this year, President Clinton pleaded for "emergency spending" for Colombia. But "emergency" seemed a misnomer, since ...
Bush “Realists” Say Goodbye to Democracy Promotion
Since President Ronald Reagan announced his commitment to the promotion of democracy in a speech to the British Parliament in ...
THE WIDER WAR: Honduras
The president seems determined to add still another sorry chapter to the chronicle of Yankee imperialism in Central America. The ...
U.S. Aid to Colombia’s Military: The Oil Connection
This past summer, Congress approved a $1.3 billion emergency military aid package destined mainly for Colombia. As a result, that ...
Post-Mitch Central America: The U.S. Response
Though the mainstream U. S. media stopped reporting the devastation left by Hurricane Mitch a few weeks after the storm ...
Latin Americans “Join the US in Helping South Vietnam”/Liberals and the CIA
Among the 37 nations listed by the State Department as having "joined the United States in helping South Vietnam" (The ...
