Democratic Palestine : 5 (ص 24)
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US special forces adviser training Salvadorean
troops in Honduras.
Pentagon is considering Honduras as
the future site for the Southern Com-
mand of the US Armed Forces, now
situated in Panama.
In view of this infrastructure, plans
to use the US airforce in Salvador or to
invade Nicaragua are practical pos-
sibilities as part of US designs for
strategic control in the area. Top officials
have said the military maneuvers will
continue throughout this century. Last
year, the third man in the Pentagon
hierarchy advocated «permanent for-
ward positions» in a Central America
which would be «partitioned» like Korea
and Germany. Moreover, according to
the New York Times, US covert opera-
tions have risen fivefold under Reagan;
50 are underway, half of them in Central
America.
Imperialist war or people’s
war?
Indications are plentiful that the US
is preparing a major war in Central
America. Yet massive and sophisticated
as it is, the US military presence is not
irreversible. It will eventually be revealed
as a futile, though costly attempt to
reverse the tide of popular struggle for
freedom, democracy, social justice and
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progress. The FMLN guerillas continue
their armed struggle undaunted, while
popular mobilization in Nicaragua had
exposed the ClA-directed contras as
factionalized mercenaries. Recent
developments in Honduras indicate that
the US's chosen base may itself become
a powder keg. This spring witnessed the
largest demonstration in ten years,
demanding withdrawal of foreign troops
and closure of the regional counterin-
surgency training center. Even within
the reactionary army, there is growing
resentment of the infringements on Hon-
duran sovereignty caused by the US
military presence. This presence also
highlights the social contradictions in
Honduras, the second poorest country
in Latin America. An article in Granma,
June 3rd, was aptly titled «Militarization
of the Beggar», for the US is sending
millions in arms to a country where 72%
of the population suffers from malnutri-
tion. With the advance of revolutionary
struggle in El Salvador and Guatemala,
the mass base of the anti-imperialist
forces in Honduras is bound to broaden.
Most important in countering the US
war plans for Central America is the cor-
rect political orientation and close
alliance between the revolutionary
forces, especially in El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Guatemala and Cuba. All
these forces have pledged readiness to
find peaceful solutions to the conflict in
the region in order to avert a disasterous
US invasion. Yet knowing the nature of
imperialism and its local reactionary
allies, all are equally committed to
defending the people and continuing the
struggle to fulfill their aspirations. In
early June, Comrade Fidel Castro sum-
marized the Cuban position as follows.
«We reassert our positions of peace...
But we refuse to accept dishonorable
concessions contrary to our principles
on the basis of military superiority; thus
we are forced to strengthen our defense
system and make preparations in the
event it were necessary to carry out a
popular national defense, a war of all the
people against the invaders.»
For the material in this article we are
indebted to Barricada International pub-
lished by the Sandinista National Libera-
tion Front in Nicaragua, and to Granma
published in Cuba. - هو جزء من
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