El Salvador - Why Revolution?
UnpublishedMarch/April
1980
Volume:
14
Number:
2
Article
There are few parallels in the history of the Latin American Left. Within the short space of several years, mass organizations have emerged in El Salvador- capable of mobiliz- ing hundreds of thousands throughout the country; capable of articulating the im- mediate demands of the people for land, water, jobs, justice; capable of unifying the struggles of many sectors and transforming them into a political movement.
Antonia Vallego
Growing protest rocked Chile's major cities on March 8, Interna- tional Women's Day. More than 1000 women and men turned this day of commemoration into a series of overtly anti-dictatorial demonstrations.
Cindy Arnson
"Extremist elements in El Salvador retain capability to initiate limited attacks on public order, but are not ex- pected to seriously intimidate the political stability of this country, nor to severely tax the (security) forces' resources." (U.
El Salvador. The smallest of Central America's republics--roughly the size of Massachusetts.
This personal account is based on a recent visit to Nicaragua by Vic- toria Schultz, a free lance journalist and film maker who covered the Nicaraguan insurrection last year for Pacifica Radio. She has also produced and directed "Women in Arms," a film on Nicaraguan women.
LATIN AMERICA R6mulo Betancourt, Venezuela: Oil and Politics (Houghton Mifflin, 1979). $14.
The Nicaraguan Revolution in the period of national reconstruction. The Report will examine the role of the FSLN, the transformation of the mass organizations since the overthrow of Somoza, the ad- vances of the rural and urban trade unions, and the program of the Government of National Reconstruction.
Neftali Garcia
A strong movement has come forth in Puerto Rico in recent years to oppose the exploitation of non- reusable natural resources-par- ticularly nickel, cobalt and iron in the west; copper, silver and gold in the central areas; and hydrocar- bons in the north-by foreign capital. The most alert en- vironmental, political and religious groups have postulated and defended the position that all non- renewable resources should be exploited for the benefit of the Puerto Ricans, caring that no harm is done to the environment and their health.
M.P.
Over the years, NACLA has received many letters in response to the Report. They have been im- portant contributions to the evaluation of our work, a source of new ideas and enthusiasm.
While it is never enjoyable to be on the edge of financial disaster, our recent campaign to raise funds from Sustainers has been rewarding on a number of levels-besides the purely finan- cial. Particularly gratifying have been the numerous letters of sup- port we have received from groups which perform tasks similar to NACLA's.
Several miles west of San Salvador, set off a few hundred yards from the main road, there is a tall, white monument. The grass around it is overgrown.