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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Date: 14 Aug 92 10:01 PDT
Subject: SAN SALVADOR: GOVERNMENT AND FMLN O
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: SAN SALVADOR: GOVERNMENT AND FMLN O

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Title: SAN SALVADOR: GOVERNMENT AND FMLN OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO
DEMOBILISATION

san salvador, aug 10 (ips) -- after nearly two weeks of talks, el
salvador's government and guerrillas have announced that all
obstacles to the demobilisation process, which the fmln suspended
on july 31, have been overcome.

president alfredo cristiani told reporters monday that the
situation is now back to normal and the peace process, which put
an end to the 12-year civil war in january, will continue as
planned.

the farabundo marti national liberation front (fmln) abruptly
suspended the demobilisation process on july 31, after accusing
the government of failing to comply with important aspects of the
peace accords, including the provision of assistance for
demobilised combatants.

cristiani said this problem has been resolved and from august 15
each former combatant will receive immediate assistance worth 350
dollars, together with housing and training opportunities.

both the government and the fmln have appealed to the
international community to speed up the flow of funds for the
national reconstruction programme, which includes projects to
assist the reinsertion of former combatants into civilian life.

according to the terms of the peace agreement, the guerrillas
should complete their disarmament and demobilisation by october.
the weapons will be handed over to members of the united nations
mission in el salvador (onusal), which is verifying the peace
accords.

on june 30, the fmln demobilised the first 20 percent of its
forces (1,681 combatants). another group was due to demobilise on
july 31, but the fmln suspended the process pending government
guarantees to assist the reinsertion of ex-guerrillas into
civilian life.

on monday, cristiani said the date for the completion of
demobilisation is ''unmovable'', while fmln spokesmen confirmed
that the process would continue as agreed, and that some 8,000
combatants would be disarmed by october.

however, several issues, such as the handover of lands to former
combatants and the fmln's arms inventory, are still unresolved and
will require united nations mediation.

on thursday, un peace envoy marrack goulding is due to arrive in
el salvador to discuss these matters jointly with the government
and the fmln.

the government believes that goulding, who last visited el
salvador in march to speed up the concentration of guerrilla and
army forces into special zones, could help resolve a number of
delicate issues and ensure that the peace process continues on
schedule. (ednds/ips/trd/bf/sfi/cg/92)
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From: max@garmisch.dr.att.com (BLO54626-PadroM(DR1850)250)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Re: Latin Americans for Clinton?
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:57:16 GMT
Reply-To: cac@drutx!att.com
Organization: Bell Labs, DCTT, Denver, Co.

In article <1992Aug18.161727.13162@afit.af.mil>, dsonnier@afit.af.mil (David L Sonnier) writes:

|> 5.  Increase government spending so that by 1996 the federal debt is
|> $25,000,000,000,000.00 instead of just $4,000,000,000,000.00.  
|> 
|> Congress (Check bouncers, middle-of-the-night-pay-raises, etc.) spends
|> money, not the president.  Congress opposed President Bush's balanced
|> budget amendment, as well as every other attempt to reduce federal 
|> spending.  And congress is controlled by Democrats.  They can't wait
|> to get their hands on a president who will go along with their tax-and-
|> spend philosophy of solving problems with "programs" instead of through
|> encouraging free enterprise.  

However, the President has power to veto any legislation and I haven't
seen President Bush providing much leadership in this area.

Also, don't forget that under President Reagan's "leadership" (what a joke!)
is when the deficit skyrocketed to the proportions we have
today.  So let's not blame Congress when the President is just as,
if not more, guilty for the mess that we are in.

Finally, lets not forget that taxes are necessary, not everything can
be acheived through "free enterprise".  Money will still be needed
for schools, roads, etc.

Max
From: rone@alcor.usc.edu (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Re: Latin Americans for Clinton?
Date: 18 Aug 1992 00:26:44 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: alcor.usc.edu
Keywords: VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE

In article <16172@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> ez007856@hamlet.ucdavis.edu writes:
>As a Latin American American (heh heh)

Latin American U.S. citizen, IMO :)

>I would like to gloss a few reasons why 
>I will vote for Clinton in 92 limiting myself to his policy towards Latin 
>America.

You mean we need a reason?  Isn't Bush bad enough on his own 'virtue'?

>It is my understanding that Clinton has the most progressive policy 
>twoards Latin America in recent history.  Presient Clinton will:

>1.-Continue with the embargo against the Cuban dictatorship and assure that 
>communism really comes to an end in the world.

Doesn't really matter.  The only thing that will change things in Cuba is
Castro's death or deposal.

>2.-Grant hatians a right to assylum and restore democracy in Haiti with the 
>help of the 7th fleet (to be used later in Cuba).

After seeing the model job Bush did, anything would be an improvement.

>3.-Grant Puerto Ricans the right to choose whatever status they wish (i.e., 
>statehood or non incorporated territory (Independence? Who wants it?)

Er, who is the U.S. government to grant P.R. anything?  Is P.R. part of the
U.S.?  I'm a little unclear on this.  Is P.R. like Guam?

>4.-Place under heavy scrutiny the "Free trade agreement" so that Mexico does 
>not become a toxic dump and the biggest sweathouse in the world.

Not that it already is, unfortunately.

>So, on account of these small policy options I have decided to vote Democratic
>in the next election.  Anybody join me?  Heh. Heh. Heh.

5150
I'm not a Clinton supporter, i'm a Bush detractor
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
From: newbery@zonda.atd.ucar.edu (Santiago Newbery)
Subject: Fusilamientos en la guerra sobre las Malvinas
Keywords: Argentina
Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 00:15:27 GMT

de la red argentina...


FUSILAMIENTOS EN MALVINAS
  El ex coronel del Ejercito Mohamed Ali Seineldin, actualmente detenido en
la carcel de Caseros, podria ser citado a declarar ante las autoridades del
Ministerio de Defensa, en un intento por determinar fehacientemente si
existieron fusilamientos de soldados argentinos por parte de efectivos
britanicos durante la guerra de las islas Malvinas.
  Asi lo informaron ayer altas fuentes del Ministerio de Defensa, las cuales
senalaron que Seineldin seria citado a declarar debido a que durante el
conflicto del Atlantico Sur se desempeno como jefe del Regimiento de Infante
ria 25 que combatio en la defensa de Monte Longdon entre el 11 y 12 de junio
de 1982.
  Segun las versiones periodisticas publicadas hasta el momento, luego que
los efectivos britanicos tomaron Monte Longdon se habrian registrado fusila-
mientos de prisioneros argentinos, por lo que el Ministerio de Defensa
ingles habria decidido iniciar una investigacion al respecto.
  La investigacion en Gran Bretana se inicio a partir de la publicacion del
libro "Excursion al infierno", escrito por el oficial paracaidista Vincent
Bramley, quien aseguro haber sido testigo de varios fusilamientos, entre los
que se cuentan los de tres supuestos mercenarios norteamericanos contratados
por el gobierno argentino para pelear en las islas.


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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Date: 15 Aug 92 13:44 PDT
Subject: Panama's Social Situation
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Panama's Social Situation

Written  5:17 pm  Jul 30, 1992 by ax:agen in cdp:ax.agen.eng
============================================================NEWS
FROM BRAZIL supplied by AGEN (Agencia Ecumencia de Noticias) and
Servico Espiritano de Justica e Paz.
		    Number 40, July 30, 1992.
============================================================

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

  - Church denounces aggravation of Panama's social situation.

  The   social  situation  in  Panama  worsens  daily.   50%   of
Panamanians  live  in  misery, while 35% of  the  work  force  is
unemployed.   These  statistics  come  from  the   Human   Rights
Commission  of  Panama and the Catholic vicariate of  Colon,  the
country's second largest city.  The neoliberal economic  measures
adopted  by the government, under the orientation of  the  United
States,  contribute  to  the increasing  marginalization  of  the
people. For Panama City Archbishop Marcos McGrath, the Panamanian
situation is "explosive".

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From: ez000281@hamlet.ucdavis.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Re: Humanitarian, Cuba, Et Al.
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:08:33 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis

In<l94426INNn58@girtab.usc.edu>Ron Echeverri writes:
>In article <16177@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> ez007856@hamlet.ucdavis.edu writes:
>>>Putting pressure on Latin
>>>American countries to isolate Cuba or face a cutoff of AMERICAID is
>>>another example of the US's continuing paranoia of socialist ideology.

>>The same paranoia that has Mr. Yeltsin in power.  The same paranoia that
>>brought down the wall...

>You're confusing socialism with communism.  This is a Bad Thing.

Well, an even worse thing is to believe that in Cuba there is "socialism" when 
there is non other than "state capitalism", the same model implemented for many 
years in the now defunct Soviet Union.  Communism, as Marx defined it, is a 
classless society in which the producers of wealth (the working class) are in 
control of the means of production.  In Cuba (or any other country in the 
world) communism has never been attained.  In Cuba, the means of production are 
under the planning and control of the state, which in turn is ruled by the 
Cuban "communist" party, which also decides who is to recieve the benefits of 
production and is usually under the control of state beaureacrats.  Socialism, 
again as defined by Marx and Lennin, was concieved to be a transitional phase 
between capitalism and communism in which the workers would rule over a 
capitalist mode of production thru a "dictatorship of the proletariat" until 
classes would eventualy dissolve themselves and cease to exist.  In Cuba you 
certainly have a dictatorship, but not of the proletariat.  You have a 
dictatorship of party beaureaucrats, the capitalist who have control over 
production.  So what model does the "economy" of Cuba follow: state capitalism. 
 The problem is that these state capitalist want to call themselves 
"communists" during the days of latina american "communist" insurgencies, and 
"socialist" when they are on the defensive.  If I am wrong, I'm sure you can 
clarify to us what model of "socialism" is there in Cuba.  Just remember to 
answer two questions:

1) What class rules controls the productive apparatus?

2) Who benefits from capitalist production in Cuba?

>The sanctions have done NOTHING towards getting communism squashed in Cuba.
>They did nothing in South Africa to get rid of Apartheid either.  

Tell that to Mandela.

>Cuba will
>not improve until Fidel is gone.  Period.  Sanctions will not make this happen
>faster.

So if sanctions don't work, maybe there something more dramatic must be done.  
Le me think... When was the las times sanctions  failed in our foreign policy?  
Yes, I believe it was two years ago over Kuwait.  So, if  sactions don't work 
maybe  something else will.

Edelmiro
From: dsonnier@afit.af.mil (David L Sonnier)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Re: Latin Americans for Clinton?
Date: 20 Aug 92 12:44:53 GMT
Organization: Air Force Institute of Technology


Max,
     As I have been informed, this belongs on a different newsgroup.
However, I'm going to challenge your response anyway.

>|> 5.  Increase government spending so that by 1996 the federal debt is
>|> $25,000,000,000,000.00 instead of just $4,000,000,000,000.00.  
>|> 
>|> Congress (Check bouncers, middle-of-the-night-pay-raises, etc.) spends
>|> money, not the president.  Congress opposed President Bush's balanced
>|> budget amendment, as well as every other attempt to reduce federal 
>|> spending.  And congress is controlled by Democrats.  They can't wait
>|> to get their hands on a president who will go along with their tax-and-
>|> spend philosophy of solving problems with "programs" instead of through
>|> encouraging free enterprise.  
>
>However, the President has power to veto any legislation and I haven't
>seen President Bush providing much leadership in this area.

The power the President desperately needs in order to balance the budget
is Line Item Veto power.  Line Item Veto power was lost during the Carter
administration.  Without it, it is most likely that no president, Demo-
cratic or Republican will ever balance the budget.   

>
>Also, don't forget that under President Reagan's "leadership" (what a joke!)

Tell that to the millions of free people in former Soviet republics
who are saying "We thought nobody in the world cared about us until
Ronald Reagan came along."


>is when the deficit skyrocketed to the proportions we have
>today. 

Naturally.  He followed Carter.  (See Line Item Veto power above)
I might add, that Reagan balanced the budget in California when he was
Governor, and he submitted a balanced budget to Congress three times.
I remember Foley and those guys using the words "Dead on Arrival"...

>So let's not blame Congress when the President is just as,
>if not more, guilty for the mess that we are in.

And you share equal blame, Max, for not looking beyond the liberal
news media for the other side of the story.


>
>Finally, lets not forget that taxes are necessary, not everything can
>be acheived through "free enterprise".  Money will still be needed
>for schools, roads, etc.

Money for schools.  Now you're talking.  Lets switch over to where
this discussion belongs, on alt.politics.clinton.  I want to tell you
about the President's education plan, proposed three years ago and still
sitting in Foley's "in" box... 
>
>Max
>
>

Dave
From: ez007856@hamlet.ucdavis.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Re: Mexico/Cuba
Date: 14 Aug 92 04:29:35 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, UC Davis

In <2A8AAAA2.18412@noiro.acs.uci.edu> Ray Ravelo writes:

>Lei en un periodico lo siguiente:


> ENTREGA MEXICO UN CUBANO QUE PIDIO ASILO

> El cubano Reynaldo Amador Espin~eira, fue deportado hacia Cuba por
> el gobierno de Mexico. Amador era un estudiante cubano que segun el
> funcionario de la diplomacia mexicana, - Javier Chagoya, "invalido'
> su visa mexicana al pedir asilo a funcionarios de las Naciones
> Unidas como perseguido politico".

> Nosotros consideramos que es un crimen deportar a Cuba a un cubano
> que pide asilo, especialmente cuando eso pasa en una nacion hermana.

Interesting.  These developments have fascinating ramifications.  For example, 
how "real" would the U.S. embargo against cuban stalinism be if the U.S. were 
to ge involved with Mexico in a "free trade" scenario?  Would we be doing free 
trade with a Mexican governments that equally incurrs in "free trade" with 
Castro?  Furthermore, How can the Mexican government "demand" for the return to 
Mexico of the Camarena butcher and drug mafioso when at the same time it 
regurgitates poor Cubans who only want to flee repression for simply asking the 
U.N. for asylum?  I just wonder these days, How the hell can the U.S. 
government be willing to do buisness with Mexico under these conditions?  Is it 
that Bush is taking a mordida from Mexican oligarchs? These questions will 
certainly have to be adressed before the ratification of ANY treaty with Mr. 
Gotari. If the "Mexicans" want "free" trade, they better begin to practice 
other "freedoms" first.

Edelmiro Salas.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 11:47:35 EDT
From: <AGR102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Subject: Weekly Newspapers

To the person looking for information about Weekly Nespapers
en Latin America:

I sent you some information to the Bitnet address provided, but
it came back to me.  Either I got the address wrong, or there
is a problem with the address itself.  If you want these information
please write to me.  My addresses are:

AGR102@PSUVM  (Bitnet)
AGR102@PSUVM.PSU.EDU  (Internet)

Adrian G. Rodriguez
Penn State University
From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
Date: 14 Aug 92 10:31 PDT
Subject: IPS:Chile: Government Rejects
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: IPS:Chile: Government Rejects

/* Written 12:22 am  Aug 14, 1992 by newsdesk in cdp:ips.englibrary */
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Title: CHILE: GOVERNMENT REJECTS AMNESTY FOR FORMER PINOCHET AGENT


santiago, aug 11 (ips) -- the chilean government has announced
that it will not apply the 1978 amnesty law in the case of
osvaldo romo, a former agent under the military regime of general
augusto pinochet accused of serious human rights violations, who
is currently detained in brazil.

presidential spokesman enrique correa said tuesday that in the
government's opinion, ''the amnesty law does not apply to cases
invloving disappearances,'' a reference to the charges faced by
romo.

the former agent of the dismantled national intelligence
department (dina) is accused of more than 100 serious human
rights violations, including torture, assassinations and forced
disappearances.

romo was one of the most notorious figures of the repression
unleashed against left-wingers between 1973 and 1975, during the
first years of general pinochet's military dictatorship.

chilean legal experts believe romo is likely to be repatriated
within the next few days from brazil, where he has been detained
since his arrest on july 29 in sao paulo state. romo had been
living in brazil under a false name since 1976.

a group of ''surviving witnesses'' of the repression,
representing scores of people who were detained in camps for
political prisoners, said tuesday that 90 of its members were
tortured or imprisoned by romo.

during a press conference on tuesday, members of the survivors
group and residents of la hermida district where romo worked
during the early 1970's, called on the government to take up
court cases pending against romo.

a member of the survivors group, dago perez, said romo had
assassinated his mother, lumi videla, whose body was dumped
outside the italian embassy in 1974, and his father, sergio
perez, a leader of the left-wing revolutionary movement (mir),
who disappeared that same year. (ends/ips/trd/ggr/sfi/cg/92)
----




Newsgroups: soc.culture.latin-america
From: hottenro@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Bertrand Hottenroth)
Subject: Any news from Bolivia?
Originator: hottenro@hphalle8j.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 19:57:01 GMT



Could anyone please send me some of the latest news
from Bolivia? You don't hear too much of that country in
Germany, and a friend wants to visit Bolivia in a few weeks,
so I'd be pleased to hear something about the actual situation. 

Thanx in advance

           Bertrand (Crassus on IRC)