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Angry protesters confronted president Alfredo Cristiani of El Salvador last night as he arrived in Cambridge for a weekend visit to the Boston area...
Some protesters had said they would try to prevent Cristiani from entering the building. But their efforts were thwarted when Secret Service agents apparently whisked the controversial leader's motorcade into a hotel service entrance...
...declaration lasted only five minutes, but it may turn out to be the most important five minutes of President Alfredo Cristiani's career. On national television last week, Cristiani admitted, "It has been determined that there is involvement of some elements of the armed forces" in last November's slaying of six Jesuit priests...
...Cristiani had little choice but to pursue a vigorous investigation. In the past, the few human-rights cases that have been prosecuted resulted in the conviction of only low-level military personnel. This time an irate U.S. Congress, which is considering $387 million in military and economic aid to San Salvador this year, demanded a thorough inquiry reaching into the highest levels of the Salvadoran military...
...sooner was the ink dry than Ortega accused the Salvadoran army of dropping bombs on civilian neighborhoods in San Salvador. Cristiani's post- summit assessment of the Nicaraguan: "I don't trust Ortega...