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![El Salvador In Focus](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Around 8000 refugees return from Honduras to El Salvador and suffer violent abuses from the military. People ask the Christiani government to intervene. Christiani introduces legislation to nullify the land reform decrees of 1980. If passed critics say this will hurt cooperatives and further consolidate land into the hands of the few. FMLN sees a positive side to the elections in Nicaragua. U.S. critics call it the victory of violence and intimidation. The report turns to Panama and the U.S. occupation post invasion, citing yet more human rights violations by the U.S. and cover up attempts.
![La Guerra En El Golfo Persico](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Panel at Modern Times on the Persian Gulf War and Latin American perspectives. The panel is led by Argentinian economist Enrique Mario Asis and includes Edwin Rodriguez, director of the Centro para Refugiados Centroamericanos (CARECEN), Mexican author Sara Levi Calderon, and Guatemalan prfessor and novelist Arturo Arias. The panel discusses the US military-industrial complex and the impetus for war.
Edwin Rodriquez discusses how war in the middle east impacts El Salvador. Levi Calderon discusses the role of the left and the mass media. Arias talks about the historical and political impact of US intervention role in undermining the regional sovereignty and the stability of Latin America.
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