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Number 56 | Febrero 1986 |
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Centroamérica
SPECIAL ISSUE ON CENTRAL AMERICA – Preface
In terms of social theory, we have called the crucial concept used in this work the “new Central American historic subject.” We interpret this new collective actor as a social phenomenon, but also view... continuar...
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The Economic Factor
Central America is going through an economic crisis of unprecedented dimensions. The real per-capita income has fallen to 1972 levels for Guatemala and Costa Rica, to 1970 levels for Honduras, to 1965... continuar...
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The Military Factor
The military conflict has shown itself more and more to be a direct clash between the new historic subject and the United States. The push from armed popular forces has been held back only by US intervention.... continuar...
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The Political Factor
Central America today is characterized by the tension between the social forces that are willing to subordinate themselves to US policy, which defines the area as a field of East-West confrontation,... continuar...
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The International Factor: Coexistence or prolonged conflict?
The Sandinistas’ “Patria Libre o Morir” is none other than the famous cry, “Give me liberty or give me death,” from Patrick Henry’s March 23, 1775, speech to the Virginia parliament.
Patrick Henry,... continuar...
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Conclusion
Tendencies:
1) US intransigence will increase and the war will be prolonged. The defeats dealt to the contras by the Sandinista Popular Army in Nicaragua, the increased military capacity... continuar...
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The Cultural-Ideological Factor
The Central American crisis comes at a moment in which there’s an effort to redefine the world from the perspective of US domination. The New Right and Neo-Conservatives in the United States are trying... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America