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...Laura LÓpez...
...Salvador seemed caught up in its internal affairs last week, Honduras and Nicaragua appeared preoccupied with foreign relations. In a veiled rebuke to the U.S., General Walter LÓpez Reyes, the commander of Honduras' armed forces, attacked the autocratic policies of his predecessor, General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez, who was ousted by the military in March. In a televised speech, LÓpez announced that the 37-member Armed Forces Superior Council was once again the final arbiter of all defense matters. Though Lopez did not criticize the U.S. directly, his talk served notice that Washington could...
Nicolás Carranza, head of the treasury police, admits that some of the intelligence-gathering cells under his command evolved into hit squads, but he denies direct knowledge. National Police Director Colonel Carlos Reynaldo López Nuila insists that he knows nothing about the murders, but nonetheless, suspects are tortured and killed in police compounds. Even Defense Minister Vides Casanova is not untainted: from 1979 to 1983 he served as director of the national guard...
...declared. "What is lacking is the political will of governments to stop torturing people." The report may not persuade many governments to stop torturing their citizens, but by increasing the volume of information on the subject it should add to international pressure against SUCh practices. -By Laura López...
...amendment to the constitution that would define the Sikhs as a separate religion. Sikhs immediately responded to the new development by calling off the burning of 100,000 copies of the Constitution, which they had scheduled for this week. At last a breakthrough seemed possible. -By Laura López. Reported by Dean Brelis/New Delhi