A "Moderate" Speaks
What do you think caused the war ? I think that it has a lot to do with Soviet expansionism, especially as practiced by Fidel Castro, which seeks a Marxist takeover by force of arms. And they...
...This is simply Christian Democratic propaganda...
...Word has it that you were selected as the ARENA candidate because your personal image helps the party...
...It stands to reason that there can always be minor differences...
...The current Salvadoran government has fallen into extreme dependency...
...Foreign journalists have been more objective, and that is one reason why I have been better received than Major D'Aubuisson...
...In 1985 ARENA decided to open its doors to wide-ranging participation...
...Of course, now that I'm ARENA's presidential candidate, nothing has been invented about me yet...
...Political and military pacification is essential...
...How are relations with the United States being handled...
...We shouldn't be carrying out experiments designed elsewhere...
...What can you tell us about there being two factions in ARENA, one favoring civilian rule and another more militaristic one...
...The current strategy does indeed have to be reassessed, because it is not working...
...Do you mean that there were indeed domestic causes...
...We need suitable strategies, not experiments...
...During the previous decade people took part in street demonstrations for socioeconomic reasons...
...However, Washington has to realize that what El Salvador wants are Salvadoran solutions...
...Yes, I think it is correct that Major Roberto D'Aubuisson has not enjoyed a good image...
...This is due to what has been unjustly said about him, though nothing has been proven about him up to now...
...Several viewpoints emerge on various issues, but not in the sense of one line and another...
...Moreover, nowhere can two people agree completely on everything all the time...
...5, 1988...
...Social problems are now being used as an excuse so that the Marxists can take power...
...The United States, we must admit, has been a generous friend...
...From Proceso (Mexico) Sept...
...I think we're moving too slow...
...And they justify it by citing the social problems that plagued the country back in the 1970s...
...Is the military is on the right track...
...There are always minor differences...
Vol. 22 • March 1989 • No. 6
