ROBERTO D'AUBUISSON, leader of the fascist ARENA party, for a major victory in the general election this Sunday. 'Major Bob' to supporters, nickname ponents because of his past activities as a National Guard intelligence officer responsible for 'processing' political prisoners.
D'Aubuisson was insurgency warfare Washington International Police Academy, the US military school in Panama, Taiwan Uraguay and Guatemala.
The general election has turned into a race between the Christian Napoleon Duarte and party. The third major right wing party the PCN (National Reconciliation Party).
FuN nas iraanonany basea Itsell on strong sup port the army. But Salvadorean middle class which was obvious at the boosted time of the last general election in 1982. The 1982 election established ARENA as a major national party and ensured the position of D'Aubuisson as president of the national assembly.
At that time his ambitions to become President of the Republic were thwarted by the vigorous intervention ot ine United States, American faction in the army led by cia. The US ensured that Magana got the 100 DaA on Aubuisson President.
D'Aubuisson may be strong enough to dictate his own terms.
The rise of middle class support for ARENA and the decline of the PCN represents a new stage of the war in El Salvador. The military successes of the revolutionary FMLN guerrillas over the past three years have created an atmosphere of hysteriad. among the perous middle classes.
seems to be heading Salvadorean D'Aubuisson the 'Major Blowtorch' from his optrained in antitechniques at the poor.
Democrat former preslaenl D'Aubuisson's ARENA has faded. The ARENA has been SUDDOLE VICIOV.
the because General Garthe PCN candidate - obviously fearing the impublic opinion This time round, wealthy and even moderately proD'Aubuisson understood this potential when he founded ARENA in 1981. tend his rallies are neither the peasants nor the urDall WUIKCIS but the neatly dressed nouveau ricne wearing the latest European fashions.
Former US ambassador to El White has documentary evidence that D'Aubuisson acted as unc colmanac o lie den wie acau suudus and the link person between the extles in Miami. poured money into his election campaign White also contirmed the that D'Aubuisson had personally given the order for the murder of San Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered for his staunch defence of the The Christian Democract candidate Duarte is hardly the spokesperson of a 'liberal alternative', despite the efforts of the Western media to portray him as such. Throughout the election campaign he made it clear that it he wins there will be no talks with guerrillas and the war will be pursued until As president between 1979 and 1982 he acted as the liberal' cover for the launching of all-out war and the rise of the death sauads Voting is compulsory in El Salvador. Many opbecause of fear of retalation prem the deans of fear of retaliation sauads it thev do not. But the election will simpi) not take place in the large area of the country trolled by the FMLN-FDR. tions the FMLN-FDR called for a boycott.
This time they haven't bothered. hand it is too difficult for many voting, on the other the result of the elections will in El Salvador itself. The left could not participate openlv in elections without exposing inell porters to brutal repression. stands that the question is simply what political faction of the ruling class will take charge of the war trom now on.