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Blood may also flow after President Alfredo Cristiani carries out the peace treaty promise to reduce the armed forces by half in the next two years. Cutting the military from its current strength of 60,000 may appease critics of El Salvador's bloody past. But Cristiani will be turning out into the streets trained killers with little prospect of finding legitimate employment. Says Zamora: "There will be a huge increase in violence, much like there was in Nicaragua. Many people will die." Zamora's idea is to offer the soldiers public welfare jobs like reforestation and environmental protection...
...second issue that worries Walker and other diplomats is the fratricidal political atmosphere. Cristiani's ruling ARENA party, founded in 1981 by right-wing extremists, has moved closer to the center since he took office in 1989. Unfortunately, the party has few leaders suited to take the President's place when his term expires in 1994. Vice President Francisco ("Chico") Merino has aligned himself with ex-Major Roberto d'Aubuisson, ARENA's infamous far-right patriarch. D'Aubuisson, 48, implicated in numerous human-rights abuses, has terminal cancer...
...Year's Eve revelry. But the bursts were not the usual barrage of death. Instead, rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front were sending up a celebratory salvo on learning that their negotiators had at last arrived at a peace accord with the conservative government of President Alfredo Cristiani...
...justice system remains shaky. The identities of the five jury members were kept secret to safeguard them against possible retribution. And the presiding judge plans to leave the country after the sentencing next month. As for the convicted felons, their time behind bars may be short: President Alfredo Cristiani has not ruled out a possible amnesty...
When Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani addressed the United Nations General Assembly last week, he predicted that 1991 would bring peace to his country. And high time too: a civil war involving the government and leftist guerrillas has left 75,000 dead in the past 12 years. Two days later, after 17 months of U.N.-brokered talks, the government and the rebels signed an agreement setting out a framework for reintegrating the rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front into society and offering assurances for their safety...