Rape, kidnapping, torture, mutilation, and the murder of unarmed civilians. It may be some time before we have a complete accounting of the United States’ activities in Central America; activities that violate either the letter or spirit of U.S. and international law. The World Court has already found the United States guilty of violations of international law, and the surveillance and harassment of U.S. citizens opposed to U.S. policy has sharply increased. But despite the Reagan Admininstration’s attempts to dismantle peace efforts in Central America and at home, progress has been made. A Central American peace accord was signed in Guatemala City on August 7,1987, and the recent overt U.S. military presence in Honduras met with swift resistance in many U.S. cities. Our nation must actively support the regionally-based peace-making processes and bring to an end its military involvements in Central America. As one of the most powerful countries in the world we should lead the effort for self-determination and economic justice. Demanding an end to U.S. interventionist policies is not seeking the impossible, it is seeking the humane. The MPC Media Project operates on the premise that progressive issues are under-represented or misrepresented in the mainstream press. We seek to illuminate progressive issues utilizing paid advertisements. Some ot the text above was taken from Breaking With A Bitter Past: Toward a New U.S. Relationship with Central America. For more information about the MPC Media Project, or about U.S. activities in Central America, please write to: MPC Media Project, 3255 Hennepin Ave. So. #255C, Minneapolis, MN 55408. Clinton St. Quarterly—Spring, 1988 43
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