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From: hope@gatech.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: US in Central America
Message-ID: <362@gatech.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Aug-83 11:29:42 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 12 11:29:42 1983
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Aug-83 05:38:08 EDT
Organization: Georgia Tech, School of ICS
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In response to someone's recent article titled 'US Policy in South America',
specifically regarding the remark about "maybe we shouldn't have overthrown
Guatemala's President Arbenz", I say:

It was then evident that Arbenz was not only a self-proclaimed socialist, but
a Soviet fan.  Ok, he did improve the country by implanting extensive land
reform and other things (I'm not going to go into detail about them now), 
but had the US not intervened when they did, the commies would have walked
right in.  Remeber, Guatemala is RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP (for you nonadepts,
it is next door to Mexico on Mexico's south border).  Since then (late 50's,
early 60's), the country has been plagued by several military dictatorships
and political instability.  However, we can say that they are "on our side".
Of course, now we must help them fight the Soviet/Cuban-backed guerrilla 
movement and save them from communism. 

-- 
Theodore Hope

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