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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Whom Should We Believe
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Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 14:46:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 23 14:46:26 1985
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Reply-To: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP (Eduardo Krell)
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In article <1843@uwmacc.UUCP> myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) writes:
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>I don't think he was talking about nationality.

Yes, I know. Mr. Schneider and I exchanged private e-mail, proving once more
that people with different viewpoint can talk to and respect each other.

>Hm.  Perhaps you are Salvadoran?  I think that Ed Asner recently pointed out
>during his visit to Madison that LA has more Salvadorans than San Salvador.

Nope, LA is also the city with more Mexicans after Mexico City, but that
doesn't make me a Mexican either.

>And speaking of El Salvador, sen~or Krell, what are you feelings about the
>conflict in that country?

  This is an interesting problem. Lets remember that the first time Mr. Duarte
was in power, the military removed him from office acussing him from being
a communist. Now, people in the left say he is a fascist.

  Since Mr. Duarte himself nor the Christian Democratic Party have changed,
this goes to show us how the same person can be thought of being in one
extreme or the other, depending on who is the observer. Intriguing ...

  Anyway, for those of us who know some latin american political history
not from reading books or newspaper articles or taking a 2 week trip but
from having lived there for most of our lives, it should be clear that
the christian democrats are in the center-left portion of the spectrum.
That deosn't make them communists nor fascists.

  They have brought social and economic changes. For instance, President
Frei in Chile who was in power 1964-1970 started the agrarian reforms
that where continued by Allende. There are more examples if anyone is
interested.

  Of curse, Mr. Duarte has some serious trouble with the war against
the rebels to solve before he can effectively bring changes. Duarte
has asked the rebels to sit down and negotiate with the government.
They did so a couple of times but the rebels broke up the negotiations.
At least they can sit down and talk. The Sandinistas won't even do that.
-- 
    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
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