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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Honduras: Reagan's Springboard
Message-ID: <1181@mmintl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 23:17:06 EST
Article-I.D.: mmintl.1181
Posted: Wed Mar  5 23:17:06 1986
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References: <1721@bbncca.ARPA> <298@astroatc.UUCP>
Reply-To: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Organization: Multimate International, E. Hartford, CT
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In article <298@astroatc.UUCP> gtaylor@astroatc.UUCP (Greg Taylor) writes:
>One of the other little discussed matters relating to American
>intervention in Central America is the militarization of the
>region by us as the "friend of Central American countries". Take
>a look at the % of the wealth of, say, Honduras and Costa Rica
>over the last ten years devoted to military strength (I thing that
>one of those countries didn't even *have* a military to speak
>of before '74 or so) and compare that to AMerican Involvement.

Costa Rica not only didn't have a military before '74, they don't have
one now.

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108