Confrontation mounts in Central America
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Scene from "Time of Daring," a documentary film produced by decisions hit As the two November elections approach—one in the United States and the other in Nicaragua-a critical juncture in the Central American revolution also nears. The military preparations of the U.S. government and its counterrevolutionary allies in Central America have already reached frightening proportions. The estimated 15,000 contras in border bases in Honduras and Costa Rica constitute a larger and bettertrained military force than the established armies of several Central American and Latin American countries. And the brutal, right-wing Salvadoran government has just received $117 million in additional aid from the U.S. Congress in order to continue its war against the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) and the Salvadoran people.
The CIA has just published a 16-page comic book-style manual for the counterrevolutionary Nicaraguan Democratic Force. The manual gives illustrated instructions on making Molotov cocktails and urges its readers to clog toilets, set fires, and "start rumors."
Taking the manual's advice on spreading rumors, Administration officials have been warning that the construction of a new military airport near Managua may "alter the balance of power in the region."
It was after similar warnings about Grenada's civilian airport that the U.S. government launched its invasion of that island.
Former presidential candidate George McGovern has predicted that the Reagan administration will invade Nicaragua just prior to the U.S. elec.21 Radio Venceremos of El Salvador. With uniten