Collapse By the end of 1982 mese plans were close The miltar. victories. The liberated zones in Chalatenango and Morazan* were defended from army assault and imsan anincinte rematen Vincente, Usulutan, the northern part of La Union and north of San Salvador. FMEN advanced the fighting the bat capacity, inflicting injury and death 12 per cent of the 33,000 strong El Salvador army over the year and capturing heavy and light artilliary on the way.
recent years, government backed repression has dealt heavy blows to the trade unions Socialist Challenge 21 January 1983 page 10 At the end of January, Reagan and Deane have to obtain certification Congress for further military and economic aid the statements signed by the partie.
Salvador's Constituent Assembly, they have •dil nounced their determinaof tion to get it, pointing to a pact, for economic and luman rights reforms and elections in 1984 The myth of this "progress" easily exposed.
On January, the Council on Iemispheric Attairs reported that 'more innocent civilians WCIC murdered Guatemala and Salvador In the last year than all the other Central American countries combined". The human rights commission set President Magana presided over by the Director of the National Police, branch of the security TOELES accused of nearly 10,000 murders t year.
proposed reform is to be "imposed' by the army, meaning further intimidation and report land reform in the