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...officials were expecting a major rebel offensive before March 28, but the guerrillas launched only a handful of low-level probes around San Salvador last week. On Monday, groups of insurgents attacked army posts in the suburbs of Cuscatancingo, Mejicanos and Villa Delgado. Next day, rebels opened fire on the army-escorted funeral procession of two civil guardsmen killed in the Cuscatancingo clash, causing the mourners to scatter and abandon the cortege...
...rural Chalatenango department, meanwhile, four Dutch television journalists seeking to film rebel encampments were killed, possibly in an army ambush. Their deaths highlighted the perils facing the scores of foreign reporters who have flocked to El Salvador to cover the continued fighting (see PRESS...
Seeking to overcome rebel attempts at intimidation, Duarte's government is making it as easy as possible for Salvadorans to vote. Only minimal identification papers will be required. Laws obliging citizens to vote in their home town will be waived. The authorities will provide free transportation to the polls in some areas but not in combat zones. To make things easier for voters who do not read and write, the ballots will bear the distinctive colors and symbols of all six parties. There will even be a change in the usual method that is meant to prevent multiple voting...
...last week's battle action showed, the rebels are becoming increasingly bold. Their morale is clearly improving, while the soldiers' is declining, a major problem facing the army. Although the guerrillas are receiving equipment from outside sources, their success does not depend upon the quality of the rifles they carry. Indeed, journalists who have made numerous and often unscheduled visits to rebel units find that the most common armament is still a weathered carbine, and the heaviest a .50-cal. machine...
...member Guatemalan army is currently underequipped and undermanned to deal with the escalating rebel challenge. Though Guatemala is still Central America's richest country, its stagnating economy is unable to support a large-scale military expansion. U.S. military aid was cut off in 1977 when Guatemala refused to go along with Carter's human rights certification process. The Reagan Administration wants to resume military aid to help defeat the guerrillas, but in view of the regime's continuing abuses and last week's electoral farce, Congress would almost certainly block any such proposals...