Word: guatemalans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...argument might be made that American journalists are more willing to attack Israel and its army out of concern over the use of U.S. dollars in the alleged violation of human rights. Where, then, are headlines like "Salvadorean Army Pushes Town to Hatred," or, for that matter, "Guatemalan Army Eliminates Entire Town...
...heavily armed fighters camped on a coffee plantation just seven miles from Santa Ana's provincial capital, the site of a major army base. In recent months E.R.P. regulars and dozens of new peasant militias have attacked military outposts, ambushed patrols, and even briefly taken a town near the Guatemalan border...
While the arch-anti-Communist Guatemalan government managed to trust Nicaragua to hold its part of the bargain, Ronald Reagan did not give them the chance. In urging further funding for the Contras, he explicitly violated a major provision of the treaty--that all outside help to guerrilla groups...
...senator, Fulbright came up with some of the most controversial interpretations of U.S. policies and events, ranging from the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s to the Guatemalan intervention in 1965 to the war in Vietnam. Fulbright's thoughtful policy analyses and objections earned him the animosity of some colleagues in the Senate, as well as some executive officials, but that seems to bother Fulbright little, if at all. He begins his new book The Price of Empire, "If I am remembered, I suppose it will be as a dissenter...
...donation, along with help from the Peace Corps and the Guatemalan forestry service, will help an estimated 40,000 local farmers plant some 52 million seedlings that eventually will absorb a quantity of CO2 roughly equal to the amount generated at Uncasville over the 40-year life-span of the facility. Says AES chief Roger Sant, "Given the scientific consensus on the seriousness of the greenhouse problem, we decided it was time to stop talking...