El Salvador update; can Duarte last two more years? (Jose Napoleon Duarte)

Nation, The, May, 1986 by Cooper, Marc

EL SALVADOR UPDA TE

CAN DUARTE LAST TWO MORE YEARS?

On June 1, Jose Napoleon Duarte will mark the second anniversary of his presidency. Not coincidentally, at least two years have elapsed since there has been any significant public debate on U.S. policy in El Salvador.

While Congress chooses up sides for the coming battle over aid to the Nicaraguan contras, Democrats are still vying with Republicans to claim political paternity of Duarte's government. Washington has succumbed to the dangerous myth that with Duarte wearing the presidential sash, El Salvador's future is "settled.' Democracy is in place, the political center is holding, the army is winning the war, there is no longer a threat of the stretch between Morazan and...

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