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29 October 1.980
LATIN AMERICA REPORT
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~ CONTENTS .
INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
� Suriname Official Meets With Andean Pact Representatives
(PRELA, 5 Oct 80) ....................oo................. 1
Guyana Official Criticizes Venezuelan Tribunal Decision
_ (PREI~.'~, 1 Oct 80) .................a....~..o..~.......... 2
- Brie fs
Guyana on Cuban Plane Saboteurs 4
- ARGEN TINA
Design for New Jet Trainer Under Study
(3ean de Gala.rd; AIR & COSI~S, 6 Sep 80) . . . . . . o . 5
- COSTA RICA
PVP, MRP Stress Need for Unity of Rewlutionary Forces
(PRELA, 10 Oct 80) ..................o................... 7
CUBA -
Montane Speaks on Cubax~. Support for Jamaican Government
(PRELA, 7 Oct 80) .................o...o................ 9
EL SALVADOR
CDHES Member Criticizes Junta, U.S. Policy
(PRELA, 16 Oct 80)........o.......o.....o 11
FPL Document Foresees Imminent Collapse of Junta
(PRELA, 15 Oct 80) 13
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GUATEMALA
ORPA Analyzes Political Situation
(PRELA, 10 Oct 80) ...............o..o~~a...........~........ 15
NZCARAGUA
~ FSLN M~ember Discusses E1 Salvador Restructuring of Institutions
(Elsa Pantoja; PRELA, 12 Oct 80)...........o..o...o.o....... 18
P ERU
Montoneros' Kidnaping Investigation Rejected
(PRELA, 8 Oct 80) 20
PCP ~nniversary Declaration Says Government Weakening
(PRELA, 2 Oct 80)......' .............o.o..............o..~.... 21
VENE ZTJ~LA ~
Reaction to Cuban Sabotage Case Continues -
(PRELA, 6, 8 Oct 80) ...............o..................,,oo... 22 -
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Military Court Ruling Statement
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Paris AIR & COSMOS in French 6 Sep 80 p 35
[Article by Jean de Galard: "Proposed Argentine IA-63 Jet Trainer"J
[Text] La Fabrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) of Cordoba, Argentina displayed -
a small-scale model of a~et-powered, two-seater aircraft, designated IA-63,
[at the Farnborough air show]. ~
At the request of the Argentine Air Force, FMA has designed a jet trainer
capable of being employed in both basic and advanced combat training.
Different versions were defined, but eventually versivn IA-63 was _
selected. The definition phase is now completed and the development
phase is about to begin. FMA's ob~ective is to produce a relatively sim-
ple and reasonably priced trainer aircraft, even though it is planned to
- use carbon fiber materials and even chemical metal-milling technoZogy. The
prototype is expected to make its first flight 2 years from now. Plans
have already been approved for production of four prototypes.
An idea of what the aircraft will be like can be obtained from the photo-
graph of Che model, the three-view drawing, and the technical specifications
(below). The aircraft does not differ appreciably from modern 3et trainers
in this category curr.ently under development (S-211) or. in production
(CASA C-I01). This high-wing, two seater, entirely metallic aircraft will
be powered, like the C-101 Avio~et, by a Garrett TFE 731-2-2N turbofan
engine with some 1,580 kilograms of thrust, or less likely by a JT-15D -
engine with slightly lower thrust. The aircraft is to be equipped with two
e~ectiori seats. It will be able to carry two jettisonable fuel tanks.
Designed also for export and developed in cooperation with Dornier, the _
IA-63 could be, for South American countries, an excellent aircraft for
preparing pilots to fly the AMX aircraft Brazil will offer.
_ Technical Specificati~ns
Length: 10.63 meters; wing span: 9.68 meters; overall height: 3.73 meters;
wing area: 15.11 square meters; Ioad factor (clean configuration): +6 to -3g;
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load factor (maximum load): +4.5 to - 2g; wing load: 227 kilograms per
square meter; thrust (at sea level): 1,557 da N; maximum takeoff weight:
3,430 kilograms; maxim~ speed in level flight at 4,000 meters: Mach 0.73;
stalling speed: 154 kilometers per hour; takeoff distance at maximum
- speed of IAS + 30: 1,150 meters, of IAS + 15: 900 meters; landing distance
(IAS + 30): 900 meters; fe rrying range: 1,500 kilometers; an3 flying time
upside down: 20 seconds.
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MONTANE SPEAKS ON CUBAN SUPPORT FOR JAMAICAN GOVERNMEIv'T
PA081615 Havana PRELA in Spanish 0203 GMT 7 Oct 80
[Text] Kingston, 6 Oct (PL)--Jamaica can always count on Cuba's support to
- achieve its socioeconomic objectives, to overcome backc~ardness left by colo-
nialism and to strengthen its sovereignty. -
This was said here by Jesus Montane, member of the Communist Party of Cuba -
Central Committee and head of the party's foreign relations general depart-
ment, in a speech delivered at the P.uling People's National Party 42d Annual -
Conference. -
Montane said that Michael Manley and Fidel Castro have significantly con-
tributed to the consolidation and development of the cooperation and brotherly
relations that exist between Jamaica and Cuba.
He praised Jamaica's positive participation in the nonaligned countries move-
ment and he accused "imperialism and reactionary sectors of strongly opposing
. the progress made by the people and of resorting to every means within their
power to oppose their struggles." _
According to Montane, "the imperialists maneuvers are aimed at dividing the
people of Latin America and of the Caribbean, but instead, they are closing
ranks against monopolies both in defense of their natural resources and to
demand j us t prices for their raw materials such as bauxite~, copper and others
The enemy realizes that the Cuban revolution is irreversible and therefore
- is trying to separate Cuba from its Latin American and Caribbean brothers
through the use of intrigue and slander.
_ "But even here they have suffered serious setbacks," Montane pointed out,
citing the victories of the revolutionary process in Grenada and Nicaragua
- as proof.
Montane also mentioned Cuba's solidarity with the struggle of the Salvadoran
people and of the Guatemalan people against Gen Romeo Lucas' regime. He
= condemned the regimes in Chile, Paraguay, Haiti and Bolivia, which he called
fascist.
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Montane rePerred to the case of Antonio Maidana, the Paraguayan communist -
leader, who recently disappeared in Argentina, the same as thousands of _
- other people who are reported missing in that country.
In another portion of his speech, Montane mentioned Cuba's concern over the
armed conflict between Iraq and Iran, which he called revolutionary and _
nonaligned countries.
Montane explained the efforts to mediate this conflict undertaken by his
_ country, which holds the chairmanship of the movement of the nnnnligned _
countries.
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CDHES MEMBER CRITICIZES JUNTA, U.S. POLICY
PAi62318 Havana PRELA in Spanish 0049 GMT 16 Oct SO
[TextJ Mexico City, 15 Oct (PL)--The couo d'etat that a year ago deposed the
regime of Carlos Humberto Romero in E1 Salvador responded to ~he need for change
in the U.S. policy in Central America, Marianela Garcia declared.
The member of the Salvadoran Human Rights Co~i.ssion [CDHES] talked with PRELA
about the events of the past ~year, the violation of human rights, the revolu-
tionary unity and the role af the Christian Democracy in E1 Salvador.
- Speaking of the so-called "palace coup" of Oct~ber 1979, she recalled that
following the Sandinist victory in Nicaragua, the under secretary of state for
Latin American affairs at the time, Viron P. Vaky, read a report to the U.S.
Congress exposing the need to find new formulas of domination.
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To Vaky, the people of Nicaragua, headed by the Sandinist National Liberatian
Front, had made traditional U.S. formulas of control in Central America obsolete,
which meant they must be changed.
Marianela Garcia reiterated that Vaky announced the reformist solutions which the _
U.S. Government had begun t~ apply with the mi.litary coup in E1 Salvador as early
~ as October 1979.
_ The policy carried out by the Carter administration, she said, responds to the
threefold (as receivad] strategy on human rights and restricted democracy.
Tn that .respect, she explained that the coup which was carried out in the name of
- human rights in view of the repression unleashed by the Ramero regime, was _
immediately followed by the application of an alleged reform, along with
repreasion.
- There was democracy only for those who went along with the "reforms," ahe noted;
that is why it is called restricted. .
Marianela Garcia was a Christian De~ocratic leader until her expulsion from the
- party. She revealed that for over 2 years there were talks between the Christian
Democrats and the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador and that while Napoleon Duarte was
in exile in Caracas during this period, he made rep eated trips to Washington.
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Regarding this, she said 'chat the Vanezuelan Christian Democracy was the most
guilty one for its support to the Salvadoran criminals. The accomplices and
the abettors are ~ust as gutlty, she emphasized. -
; She explained the recent k3.l:ling of Maria Magdalena Henriquez, also of the
Salvadoran CDHES, not as an �laolated and unplanned deed buC as an action to try
. t~ quiet down any voice of pro~est inside and outside the country and to leave
_ the people without any documented proof against the junta.
Marianela Garcia repeatedly stressed the importance of the creation of the
- Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, describing it as fundamental because
of its meaning in the popular struggle in the near future.
She also said that it was important to gain effective international solidarity _
because it pro~ects an image of real, not formal unity.
In conclusion, she said that ~he was satisfied with her work abroad over the past
few months because she had received mora]., political and economic solidarity and
support for the CDHES.
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FPL DOCUI~NT FORESEES IMMINENT COLLAPSE OF 'JUNTA
PA162255 Havana PRELA in Spanish 2255 GMT 15 Oct 80
[Text] Mexico City, 15 Oct (PL)--The Farabundo Marti Peoples Liberation Forces -
(FPL) of E1 Salvador has said that the military-Christian Democratic junta is
on the verge of collapse today, 1 year after the coup d'etat in that Central
- American nation.
_ In an extensive document released here today which assesses the pro,~ress of the
revolutionary inovement in E1 Salvador during this period, the FPL states that the
economic chaos and the ~unta's golitical and military incompetence make it pos-
sible to state,~hat within a short time the Sa"lvadoran revolutionary forcea will
triumph.
However, the FPL explains that there are two plausible alternatives in the ~
- Salvadoran program and only one of them could delay the revolutionary triumph.
"If the United States decides not to intervene in that nation, we reiterate that
the political and military victory of the democratic movement is at hand.
"If on the contrary, violating all international laws and the humati righta of
- Salvadorans, the United States should opt for a direct intervention, as has been
repbrted, another Vietnam will be created in Central America and the Caribbean,
_ with the resulting delay and radicalization of the pnpular solution which, sooner
or later, will come by the demand of history," the document states.
. In this context, the document adds, the United States knows that the military-
Christian Democratic ~unta is (?isolated) nationally and internationally and
that its criminal actions have not intimidated the Salvadoran masses, as is
demonstrated by the massive incorporation of peasants, workers, teachers and =
students into the armed struggle.
It adds that international solidarity with the revolutionary democratic movement
is steadily increasing.
The ~unta, the document states, is carrying out large-scale operations, employing
artillery, and is raiding universities and churches and killing teachers, students,
clergymen, workers and even national and ~oreign newemen.
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The reality of the Salvadoran peoples' experience, the document adds, is becoming
increasingly clear to the international public, despite campaigns waged by the
- news agencies of the United Statea and its a?,ies, which have tried to give tr.e
world the impression that the war in E1 Salvado:- is siiuply between extremist
- leftist and rightist forces. - ~
Zf this were so, the FPL states, then the Salvadoran regime would not have to
carry out the abuses and crimes which we have menkioned, let alone ask
desperately for the aid of the United States and antipopular armies like those
of Honduras and Guatemala.
However, to keep a people in [word indistinct], the dictatorship obviously needs
this support and even more, the FPL states.
Therefore, the FPL asks: How can one talk of extreme leftists when all the
organizations of workers, peasants, [word indistinct], professionals, parties
and the church itself have closed ranks with the broadest, most organized and
resolute mass movement that has ever existed in the history of E1 Salvador.
In the economic area, the document states that, at the end of the year, E1
Salvador's gross national product will have declined by 18 percent from the 1979
levels, while private capital will have declined by 47 percent.
The construction industry will have declined by 60 percent, wh3.le the Gost of
basic foodstuffs such as corn and beans will have increased by 80 percent, the
document adds.
In the face of this avalanche of problems, it is clear that the military-
~ Christian Democratic junta, guided by U.S. imperialism, does not have the political
and military capacity to win the struggle waged by the fighters who are supportecl
by all the people and by international solidarity. It is thus possible to predict
that E1 Salvador will very soon be another territory in America that is free of
colonialism, the FPL document concludes.
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- "This has not.caused any casualties or problezns for the guerrilia forces, but it
has caused many deaths and considerable damage to buildings, livestock and
pla~tatior.s that belong to the civilian population," ORPA stresses.
ORPA also repudiates the financial aupport given to General Lucas' regime by
institutions controlled by U.S. ca~ital such as the Inter-American Development
Bank (IDB), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),
the World Bank and the International Development Agency.
"The aid these international agencies are giving increases tha country's deUt
- and helps the counterinsurrectional plans carried out by the government, the
army high command and private enterprise in the most strife-torn zones in the
country," ORPA points out.
It refers to the contradiction by which the United States demagogically criti-
cizes dictatorial and antipopular governments such as the onE in Guatemala,
while at the same time it grants them millions of dollars in aid.
ORPA says that Frank Ortiz, the U.S. ambaseador to Guatemala, was replaced
because of official pressure. He was replaced in mid-year by George Landau [as
received].
Despite this, loan contracts were granted for $51 million and the United States
asked the IBRD to increase Guatemala's participation.
"The people's revolutionary and guerrilla organizations are joining their forces
and are making definite and solid advances, inflicting hard blows on the murder-
ous army," ORPA comments, regarding the other aspect of the situation in the
country.
It says that in Guatemala's present political scene, the active and growing
- presence of the revolutionary �orces is not just an obvious factor but a deci-
. sive one.
ORPA believes that the in~ane military repression is a reaction to the consolida-
tion of the revolutionary forces.
ORPA says that General Lucas w as put 3n the presidency to carry out a policy of
opposition to the revoluticnary war which was beginning 3 years ago.
"The deep and irreversible crisis in our country has worsened with the strategy
of repression that is being carried to its ultimate extremes. This strategy has
~ been systematically carried out to monstrous extremes and with the most irrational
_ perversity," ORPA political analysis stresses.
ORPA terms General Lucas' campaign against the revolutionary forces a total
failure. "
"Lucas, the army high command and the clique in power have failed to fulfill the
- promises made to their partners and instead of peace, they ha~e set the country
on fire in all four corners," ORPA points out.
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ORPA ridicules the so-called "peace campaign" because of its cost in millions of
dollars and its inefficienc~ and considers it absurd ~hat Gen Carlos Arana Osorio, _
- a former president personally responsible for the death of thousands of persons
from 1970 to 1974, attended the beatification ceremony of Brother Pedro Joae de
Bethancourt in Rome.
According to ORPA the regime's incapacity can also be seen in its economic
- activities in which government officials, through falae statements, have tried
- to present an image abroad of stability and at the same time reduce the alarm
- and panic among big investors and the country's petite bourgeoisie.
Further on it says that the implementation of the repressive policy has been
augmented in thousands upon thousands of persons dead and tortured in recent
months.
- "But instead of stopping tha people and revolutionary struggle, this has increased
it with the most ~ust indignation and repudiation. The fact that the Lucas regime
has been forced to increase its repression throughout the country and to different `
social and political sectors, clearly shows the state of desperation it has
reached," ORPA indicates.
- Finally, ORPA mentions three factors which will increase the crisis: The arury
high command must lie to the officers and its troops to prevent them from having
an opinion of the real situation, from reading newepapers, from watching tele-
vision and listening to the radio. Landowners' participation in war crimes
- shows the polarization of this group. Obligatory recruiting campaigns have
become in truth a hunt for the peasants who refuse to put on a uniform. However,
these youths at any moment could turn against the military chiefs who are order-
ing them to kill their fellow citizens.
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FSLN MEMBER DISCUSSES EL SALVADOR RESTRUCTURING OF INSTITUTIONS -
PA121952 Havana PRELA in Spanish 1537 GMT 12 Oct 80
[Report by Elsa PantojaJ _
[TextJ Havana, 12 Oct (PL)--Dionisio Marenco, member of the recently established
- Assembly of the Sandinist National Liberation Front [FSLN) expressed here his con-
fidence in the victory of the revoluCion in E1 Salvador.
Marenco, who is the interior commerce minister of Nicaragua and a veteran of the
FSLN, told PRELA that th~ Salvadoran people will win despite U.S. opposition to
a second revolution in the area.
Marenco, who is visiting Cuba to exchange experiences [with Cuban officials],
considered that the important factors in the advance of the struggle ~.n E1
- Salvador are the economic deterioration of the regime and the strength and unity
being achieved by the progressive organizations.
Nicaragua is absolutely in favor of the Salvadoran struggle and the besC way to
help the Salvadoran people is to set a good.exantple and to work hard in the con-
solidation of the revolution in our own country, Marenco pointed out.
In th=s respect he denied the reactionary campaigns in Central America which are
trying to present Nicaragua as a promoter of revolutions in other countries of
the area. _
Regarding the recent restructuring of some official institutions in Nicaragua, -
Marenco said that fundamentally what is being sought is a more democratic etruc-
- ture and an improvement on the organizational mechanisms.
We must remember, he added, that FSLN was a clandestine organization which
suddenly became not just a big organization, but one with the pawer in its hands.
All tha~ denands more organization and the formation of a modern party, Marenco
said.
- According to him, the Nicaraguan process is very original, "it is something ab~o- -
lutely new and we believe it to be a very feasible and practical formula."
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A civilian Pngineer, Marenco also took courses in administration and labor at
- the FSLN Legal Department, until he was forced to join the clandestine forces
by the former National Guard.
Marenco participated in the plans for the assault on the National Palace in 1978
and following the Sandinist victory he was appointed transportation minister
until a feta months ago when he became interior commerce minister.
Regarding the ministry's policy, Marenco assured that Nicaragua will remain a
member of the Central American Common Market, but that it will restrict importa-
tion of luxury articles.
rtarenco affirmed that shortages noted during the first months after the war have
been practically eliminated.
Moreover, he added, with the rich soil in large tracts of idle land owned by the
_ state, Nicaragua, under good production management, in 2 years will be exporting
grain.
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