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"Do you know why I am a true political leader? Because I am here without your votes." Rios Montt, broadcast to the nation, May 24, 1982.
Elizabeth Oakes
A 45-minute flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, the sunny Brit- ish Virgin Islands, some 60 in all, are viewed as part of the "un- spoiled" tourist world. They are famous in yachting circles for some of the world's best sailing, as well as their "natural beauty.
"They just don't understand our needs," complained a Guatemalan field commander last August, referring to Washington. "Perhaps they will wake up to our reality when 80 million Mexicans have been enslaved under the Soviet boot.
SOLIDARITY RESOURCES Guatemala: The Gathering Storm is the most recent production by GCR Media Arts which also produced slideshows on Nicara- gua and El Salvador. This 25-minute slideshow makes use of stunning photography and presents the sounds and scenes from the 1982 elections and military coup.
Janet Shenk
They went places other delegations have never gone and got closer to the war than most members of the U.S.
Robert Armstrong
Acknowledging McCarthyism's dangers, Safer did some red-baiting of his own. ".
"It was just as important to love the yellow flower of the tamborillo in February, as to learn how to love and truly respect our companeros." EGP leader In 1972, a detachment of 16 men had entered the jungles of the Ixcin, on Guatemala's north- western frontier.
"We simply cannot understand why a people must suffer so much to achieve their freedom." Rigoberta Menchu.