"I ask you, if you truly want to de.fend hun1an rightsr to prohibit the giving of military aid to El Salvador." Archbishop Oscar Romero assassinatedMarch 24,, 1980 Since 1980, the United States has sent over one billion dollars to Central America . These funds have been used to maintain repressive military governments in El Salvador and Guatemala, to build an armed state in Honduras, and to finance the subversion of the new government of Nicaragua . Since 1980, over 35,000 Central Americans have been killed, 1 mostly as victims of government security forces and right-wing death squads in El Salvador and Guatemala, and more than one million have been tortured, become refugees or have disappeared in these two countries. Poverty, infant mortality and malnutrition are serious conditions in Central America and have steadily worsened as large infusions of U. S . military aid have been deployed in the region. The President currently proposes to: Send an additional $634 million in 1984 and $1.26 billion in 1985. 2 Continue to funnel millions more U. S . tax dollars through the CIA 1.nto its ' 'secret war'' against Nicaragua. Transform Honduras into a permanent U. S . military installation, with the capacity to launch invasions into neighboring Guatemala, El Salvador or Nicaragua. Now, as thousands of new U. S . troops are �eing readied for stationing in Honduras, and our "presence" in Central America threatens to escalate, the following non-partisan small businesses urge you to respond. Ending our support of war and bloodshed is the best way of discouraging repressive governments in Central America . 1Legal Aid Office, Archdiocese of San Salvador; Americas Watch. 2U.S. State Department. Paid for by the following businesses: (f- -v··•· r. ��'-'/ {'°\ YI ' Q \.�.... �,,,, '-'' � Glick Associates, Inc . Roxy Hearts English Garden Service Pastaworks Rejuvenation House Parts Sunnyside Up Bakery Oregon Heat Pump Linden Tree Deli Anderson-Victor Woodworking Old Wives' Tales Restaurant Goose Hollow Inn La Paloma Imports Nature's Foods Cinema 21 Arthur Lind & Associates Coffee Merchants The Looking Glass Bookstore Escential Lotions & Oils · Clinton Street Theatre Clean Copy Lee Perlman, H.F. Northwest Bicycle Food Front Rimsky Korsakoffee House Frank Schurman Machinery Nice To Be Kneaded Bakery Pagenstecher Woodworking O'Connors Restaurant SIGN THE CENTRAL AMERICA PEACE PLEDGE We urge you, our elected representatives, by voice and vote to: OPPOSE U. S . military aid to Central America HALT CIA-supported attacks against Nicaragua OPPOSE direct U . S . military intervention-bombing, shelling or ground combat-in El Salvador and Nicaragua . STOP the deportation of Salvadoran and Guatemalan refugees from the U . S . NAME ______________ _ ADDRESS ________________ D Please mail me more information on Central America. o Enclosed is a contribution to educate and organize to end U. S . military intervention in Central America. SEND PLEDGE TO: Portland Central America Solidarity Committee, PO Box 6443, Portland, OR 97228, Tel . 227-5102 Clinton St. Quarterly 21 __.J.:..'JJ\ (' r _ - 1, . ) ' ,
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