Portland Observar Juna 28.1180 Paga 3
Beyond revolution: A new unified Central America
By Thomas Brom
possib ility o f U.S. m ilita ry in ­
funds fo r Nicaragua by a wide
The Vatican too has tried to blunt
volvement in the region. ” The
margin.
the Nicaraguan drive to spread the
Scandimstras are unusually sensitive
"The vote on the amendment was
Sandinista revolution throughout
to the threat o f invasion,” he says
no accident,” said sponsor Rep.
C entral Am erica, the seven
from the heavily-guarded U.S. em­
Robert Bauman (R)Md.). ” We have
Nicaraguan bishops who endorsed
bassy in Managua. “ The possibility
got nothing back from all the aid we
socialism in 1979 recently traveled
o f U.S. invasion is absolutely ab­
have poured in to Nicaragua but
to Rome fo r a meeting w ith the
surd, although there is no question
bile.”
Pope. They were followed shortly
that there are rightists who would be
Foreign minister d ’ Escoto is par­
by
Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, who was
interested.”
ticularly resentful o f the U.S. at­
summoned to explain himself. The
S a n d in is ta in te r n a tio n a lis m
titude toward the 2,000 Cuban
Pope's recent directive against
begins with the unique blend o f
teachers and doctors in Nicaragua.
priests serving in public office may
Church and revolution that marks
The $75 million specifically forbids
have been intended more fo r
the new government. In a typical
spending fo r any school “ which
Nicaragua than fo r Congressman
policy statement, minister o f culture
would house, employ, or be made
Drinan of Massachusetts.
Fr. Ernesto Cardenal, a Trappist
available to Cuban personnel."
Ambassador Pessullo seems baf­
monk, says the recent assassination
fled by the Sandinista crusade
ot Archbishop Oscar Romero was
“ U.S. Congressmen think that
drawing
the
Church
and
"a redemptive death for the people
someone else will now control us,”
revolutionaries
together
in
Latin
o f El Salvador.”
d 'r « nto responds. “ But they are
America. “ Certainly there is a Cen­
At the request o f the Sandinista
wrong. We are not a political harlot
tral American sense,” he admits.
Front and the Nicaraguan gover­
to be sold to the highest bidder.”
“ There should be closer ties, and
nment, the archbishop o f Managua
A fte r months o f lobbying in
reactivation
o f the C entral
held a memorial mass for Romero in
Washington for the much-needed
American Common M arket. But
the Plaza o l the re vo lu tio n that
assistance, several Nicaraguan of-
this should not be a unity o f
drew 40,(XX) people on just eight
ficials now say their government
movements that m ight threaten
hours notice. Priests working with
may turn down the $75 million if the
some nations.”
peasants in El Salvador have so
amendments are not dropped.
D’ Escoto, fingering the old coin
angered the right wing parties there
" I t is a mystery to m e," sighs Fr.
o f the Central American Republic,
that one leader recently promised on
Fernando Cardenal, the Jesuit priest
says with Christian certainty, " A t
local television that "Jesuit blood
who leads the Nicaraguan Literacy
the
level o f the people, Central
will How.”
C rusade, "how the U.S. can con­
America is one. It is not yet one at
Nicaraguan support fo r the
tinue to make the same mistakes
the level of governments.”
revolutions next door, however, is
throughout Central America."
COPYRIGHT PNS 1980
more than spiritual. Young volun­
teers, or muchachos, have repor­
tedly joined the fight in El Salvador,
prompting the U.S. government to
loan neighboring H onduras ten
helicopters to patrol Nicaragua’ s
northern border. At the same time,
approximately 7,(XX) rightist troops
o f the former national Guard have
base camps in H onduras ar^d
Guatemala and are ready to fight
for the present m ilitary leaders in
those countries.
‘ T h e presence o f muchachos in
El Salvador worries us,” Pessullo
says. “ The evidence is now very
The new Sandinista government
bears a keen sense o f historical in­
sketchy -- the secret session o f
Congress d u iin g debate o f the
justice, from conquering Spain and
Britain as well as from more recent
Nicaraguan aid bill included a C IA
briefing about the matter.
U.S. support from Latin American
dictatoships. Yet the C entral
"N um bers are o f no great con­
Am erican inte rn a tio n a lism that
cern at this time. W hat does concern
remains is truly remarkable.
us is whether this is a conscious ac­
“ W'e look upon the people o f El
tion by the Nicaraguan government,
Salvador as our brothers,” d’ Escoto
or just national feelings o f
solidarity.”
says.
“ W’e are
no
longer
Nicaraguans; we are C entral
Central American solidarity led
Everybody wins
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Americans.”
by Nicaragua apparently is the last
for trying our
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Free Nicaragua is preoccupied
thing Washington - or the Vatican -
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and Guatemala, guerrilla wars that
leftist revolution are echoed in the
accommodations at the
.could lead to C entral Am erican
U.S. Congress, which attached 16
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Give us a few moments
5nity under a non-aligned banner in
amendments to the Nicaraguan aid
beautiful Cable Beach, an
of your time and you’re
package. They include provisions
the 1980s. But d ’ Escoto also fears
exciting island tour, cabaret
guaranteed to walk away
that the bloody c iv il war in El
term inating
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"Nicaragua is aiding, abetting, or
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terrorism in other countries,” or if
Central America.
prize.
And
it's
in the Bahamas.
Soviet or Cuban troops are
"W hat 1 fear is that the U.S. may
better
in
the
stationed inside Nicaragua. The
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U.S. also pledges to support other
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C entral Am erican governments
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Last m onth the House o f
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Representatives added fuel to the
U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua
addition to
controversy by e lim in a tin g J5.5
tor a night’s stay and dinner
Lawrence Pezzullo dismisses the
the grand
m illion in m ilitary sales and training
at the luxurious ftachtree
Managua. Nicaraga (PNS) - Less
ihan a year a fte r nationalist
guerrillas forced Anastasio Somo/a
into exile, dom ino theories pre­
occupy the thinking o f both U.S.
and Nicaraguan officials here. But
the Sandinista view envisions a
return to Central American unity —
not the fa ctu rin g o f regional
stability so leared in Washington.
“ This is my dream ,” says Fr.
Miguel d’ Escoto, a U.S. - educated
M aryknoll priest who is now the
Nicaraguan foreign m inister. He
pulls a treasured keepsake from his
pocket, a large silver coin from the
short-lived C entral Am erican
Republic o f 1824-39.
We are a common people with a
common h is to ry ,” he says. “ W'e
regard ourselves as a single state in
the process o f reunification.”
D ’ Escoto’ s vision is as much
religious as political, drawing on the
long history o f C atholic Church
participation in the governments of
C entral Am erca. The firs t con­
stituent assembly o f the Federation
o f Central America in 1823 chose a
priest as its president. More than a
century and a half later, priests hold
office in four ministries o f the San­
dinista government, and work at all
levels o f the Nicaraguan Literacy
Crusade.
The firs t C entral Am erican
Republic disintegrated under a
B ritish naval blockade o f the
Nicaraguan coast in the 1840s. As a
result, Great Britain assumed con­
tro l o f the lu crative tobacco
m onopoly in the c ountry. The
strategy o f divide and conquer even­
tually produced a chain of "banana
republics” that was never entirely
docile, but until now was easily ex­
ploited.
I ’laza. Then continue on the
next morning to Nassau.
I here a special envoy from
the Bahamas M inistry of
By R u th Spencer
Dr. Bill Little, Director o f Black
Studies, P .S .U ., w ill attend a
meeting o f the National council o f
Black Studies convening at P rin ­
ceton, N. J., June 29th.
Council o f black Studies convening
al Princeton, N.J., June 29th.
M rs. Susie Patterson is vaca­
tioning with friends in Las Vegas.
Louis Plummer, a retired attor­
ney, and M rs. Lelia W atson, a
retired teacher, were the house
guests o f M r. Herman Plummer,
their brother, while visiting their ill
sister, Mrs. Lois Renfro.
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