JPRS ID: 10606 LATIN AMERICA REPORT

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22 JuNE 1982
Latin America Re ort
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(FOUO 9/82)
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22 June 1982
LAT I!V AMER I CA REPORT
c~'ot~~ 9/s 2 ) .
, CONTENTS
COUNTRY SECTION
~ ARGENTINA
_ Milit ary Induatry, Armed Forcea Capabilities Detailed
(Alberto~Carhone; DEFENSA, Jan 82) 1
Economy Minister Deniea Reaignation
(Dxrr, 20 rrsay 82) E
~riefs
, Czechoslovakia To Increase Trade 8
GDR Increasing Trade 8
BOLIVIA ~
Drivers' Union S~y Li . S. , UK r,nvoys Not Wanted
(SAPORITI,'7 Jun 82) 9
CUBA
Sovie t ~Fficial Critic.izeA U.S. Policy in Caribbean, Central
America
(Juan Buria; PRELA, 13 May 82) 10
_ 'PRELA' Reports Nonaligned Meeting Comimsnique
(PRELA, 6 Jun 82) 12
NICARAGUA
SELA ~ommittee Ch~rges U.S. Economic 'Hoetility'
(PRELA, ~8 May 82) 14
- URUGUAY
Briefs
Falklands Ccnflict 16
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COUNTRY SECTION ARGENTINA
= MILITARY INDUSTRY, ARMED FORCES CAPABILITIES DETAILED
Madrid DEFENSA in Spanish Jan 82 pp 76-78
[Article by Alberto Carbone: "The Armed Forces of Argentina"]
[Text] Argentina is the tl-iird-ranking military power in Latin America, from the
standpoint of personnel strength, after Brazil and Cuba. Its Armed Forces are
responsible for seeing to the securitp of a country with an area of ?.i million
square kilometers, excluding the claimed Malvinas Islands which have been a British
possession to date, and the Argentine Antarctic sector, with a border on Chile ~
measuring over 4,000 kilometers, borders with Bolivia, Para~uay and Bxazil, and
an Atlantic coast over 2,~00 kilometers long. Argentina has a key po~,ztion in
the South Atlant~c, a vital route to the i~est. In addition to the dif;pute over
t~he possess.ion of the Malvinas., Argentina has an issue pending with Chile uver
the setting of the southern boundaries in the Beagle Canal zone, which r_ook the
two countries to the brink of war in 1978. Also, at the beginning of the century,
Chile and Argentina almost reached Che point of armed conflict over the s~tting
of the Patagonian border.
- The Argentine Armed Forces came into existence with that South American c~untry's

~ independence, at the beginning of the 19th century; and, after the liberation
war against Spain, they fought Brazil in 1825-27, the Peruvian-Bolivian Confe-
- deration in 1~37-39, France (1838-40) and Great Britain in 1841-50. The last
war in which Argentina participated was that of the Triple Alliance in 1865-70,
wherein it fought together with Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay.
The end of the war of the Triple Alliance represented the start of the profession-
_ alization af tri~e Argentine Armed Forces. It was in 1869 that the Military Academy
of the Nation was founded (see DEFENSA, No 22),~in which the officers of the
Argentine l'~rmy (EA) were trained. At the same time, the Military Naval. School
was organized, which also meant the end oi the improvised training of commanders
- for th~ Navy of the:Argentine Republic (ARA). Thiry years later, at the beginning
of the 20t~? century, compulsory military aervice was establiahed, both to cope
with tl-?e increasing needs of national defense, in view of the danger of war with
- Chile, and so as to have a suitahle instrument for integrating the children of
the thousands of immigrants who arrived in Argentina starting in 1870.
The EA was formed according to the German model which lasted until World War Ii,
, having been partiy replaced as a result of North American influence, and was
~inally replaced by the French school. The Navy followed the British tiadition.
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During the presidency of Gen Agustin P. Justo, the EA began to be modernized and
mechanized; and, in 1937, it created its first light tank company, with 15
- Vickers VI A of British ff,ake. It was also during the Justo presidency that the
- Army was equipped with the Swiss model steel helmet.
The EA began its adulthood following the Europe Plan, implemented in 1967, the
goal of which was to reequip its units ~rith modern matPriel and to consolidace
a weapons industry of its own. In 1967, a study had disclosed that "our infantry
(according to Gen Eduardo J. Uriburi) cou13 not enter combat over 1,500 meters
frum the enemy, our cavalry s~ill had a large number of horse-drawn units and
the few armored units had obsolete materiel over 20 years old."
Fourteen years after t~le execution of the Europe Plan, the Argentine military
industry is capable o~ mass-producing a 30-ton combat tank, the TAM, with which
it is r~placing the old Sherman M�-4 in its a~rmored units. Moreover, the arms
inlustry, of long duration ia Argentina, suppli~s pistols, rifles, subrifles,
- machine guns, grenades and ammuniti~n, Also manufactured are mortars, recoilless
guns, antitank and antiaircraft weap4ns,artillery pieces, and ammunition and
missiles. T'ne very same industrialization process was also undertaken by the ARA
an3 the Air Force (FAA). The former is building four units of the German Meko-360
frigate, two of which are in its ahipyards and two in the FRG, as well as six Meko-
140 missile-launching corvettes. The ARA r.ad its first experience in assembling
submarines with two 209-type unit~, and is planning, with Thyssen, the construction
_ of six new class, 1,700-ton TR-1700 submarines. As for the F~,A, like all the air
forces in the world, it came into being from the Army, and was separated from thP
latter to form an independent branch at the end of World War II. The FAA manufac-
tures some of its own apparatus, and the Military Aircraft Factory (FMA) is building
the COIN IA-58B Pucari airplane and is planning, with Dornier of the FRG, a jet
aircraft for instruction an.-~ tactical support, the IA-63.
During the 1970's, the Argentine FAS fought an antisubversi.ve wa~ on two 'levels,
the rural and urban, which ended with the elimination of the guerrilla organiza-
tions. To wage this type of battle, the FAS were forced into a pr.ocess of adjust-
ment, in order to combat the enemy with its own weapons, and "not try to crush a
mosquito with a tank," as a high-ranking chief remarked. The tragi~ crisis with
Chile in 1978 enabled the Armed Forces to become reinsta.ted in their traditional
structuras, which had been abandoned for a time to fight the guerrillas.
General Information
Population: 26,390,000 inhabitants.
Military service: compulsory. Army and Air Force, 1 year; Navy, 14 m~nths.
Total Armed Forces: 139,500
Army:
Personnel: 85,000 men.
4 Army C~~rps CG [General Commands).
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2 armored b?-igades for 2 armored regiments.
1 mechanized brigade.
4 mo:~rized infantry br~.gades.
j 1 ~ungle infantry brigade.
1 airborn~ I~xigade .
3 mountain brigades.
1 independent armored regiment.
6 air defens,e groups.
1 EA aviation battalion.
- Combat tanks: 100 modernized Sherman M-4, 130 TAM, 120 AI~C-13.
Armored vehicles, for reconnai.ssance: Panhard AMt.-90. For personnel transpor.*_:
~ 250 M-113, 25 VCTP, 60 Mowag Roland, 300 AMX-13/VTT, 75 M-3A1.
Artillery, hauled; 150 O.1o5/22 millimeter M-101, 54 back howitzers of 105/15 M-56,
- 90 0.155/23 ~n M-114. Self-propelled: 20 0.105/22 millimeter M-7, 24 0.155 AI~C F-3,
6 0.155/23 mm M-109, 107 cc 105 mtllimeter K-4KH 6FA Kurassier. Antiaircraft:
CAA.30 mm, I8 35/90 millimeter, 32 M-1 of 40/56 ~n, 36 M-117 of 90 mm,~ SAM Tigercat.
Mortars of 81 and 120 mm.
CSR: M-20 0� 75 mm, M-40A1 of 106 Miasiles cc SS-~.1, SS-12, Bantam, Cobra,
Mamba.
Army Aviation: 5 690A Turbo-Commander, 3 PC-6 Turbo Porter, 2 DCH-6, 3 Aeritalia
_ G-222, 4 Merlin IIIA, 4 Queen Air, 1 Sabreliner, 5 Cessna 207, 15 Cessna 182, 1
Citation, 20 V-17. Heli;:opters: 9 A-109, 7 Bell-206, 4 FH-1100, 18 UH-1H, 4 Bell
47G, 2 Bell-212, 12 SA-37.5 Lama, Y2 SA-330 Puma.
Navy:
~ Personnel: 38,000 men, including the Aix Branch and the Marine Corps.
- 1 aircraft carrier,"25 de Mayo"(former British Colossus class), with 14 A-4 Sky-
. hawk, 6 S~-2 Tracker, 4 5-61. The A-4's will be replaced by 14 Super Etendard.
' 1 cruiser "Belgiano" (former U.S. Navy Brooklyn class, Gtith Seacat missiles and 2
helicopters).
9 missile-launcher destroyera: 2 type 42 with SAM Sea Dart and 1 Lynx, 3 former
- ~ L'.S. Navy 5ummer clasa, 1 former iT.S. Navy Gearing clasa, all with SSM Exocet.
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3 type A 69 corvettes, with Exocet.
4 submarines: ~ Type 209, 2 former U.S. Navy Guppy class.
7 pgtrol boats: 2 former U.S. Navy Cherokee class, 3 Sotoyoma class 2 King class
(1 for instruction).
6 coastal mtnesweepezs,former British Ton class.
2 coastal gunboats, T~6~4.5'.:class.
_ 4 speedboats, Dabur class.
- 2 light torpedo boats, former U.S. Navy Higgins class.
2 surveillance boats.
1 LSD landing boat, 2 LST tank landing boats, 27 LCVP (all former 'J.S. Navy).
Naval air: 1 fig'~ter-bomber squadron with 11 A-4Q.
1 reconnaissance bo~ber urith 9 S-2A/E Tracker, 3 SP-2H.
1 transport squadron wTth 3 Electra, 1'iS-125, 3 I-28, 8 King Air, 4 Queen Ai.r.,
- 3 PC-6 Turbo Porter.
Helicopters: 5 S-61D/NR, 9 Alou.ette-III, 2'~T~13 Lynx, 3 SA-330 Puma.
Instruction: 7 II~IB-326 GB Xavante, 15 T-34C, 12 T-F;2~, 2 C-45.
Marine Corps:
5 rifleman battalions.
1 ccmmando battalion.
1 amphibious battalion.
1 artillery group.
1 antiaircraft group.
1 transmission battalion.
6 independent compani~s.
2 security batta?ions.
Materiel: 22 LVTP-7 and LVTE-7, 15 LA~tC-S, 6 Mowag Roland, 12 0.105/14 mm M-56,
- 6 Q.155/23 M-~~4, ~SR M-2~ of 7S mm, M-40A1 of 106 II-n. Mortars of 81 and 120 mm.
CC Bantam missiles. Armored ERC-90 Lynx.

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Air Force:
Personnel: 19,500 men.
Bomb squadron with 9 Canberra B-2, 2 T-64.
4 fighter bomber squad~ons with 60 A-49 Skyhawk.
1 fighter bombex squadxon with 18 F-86F Sabre.
2 tactical squadrons. with 21 Nesher.
3 tactical squadrona with 48 Morane-Saulnier MS-760A Paris.
1 tactical squadron with 17 Mirage-5.
1 intercept squadron with 22 Mirage-IIIEA and 2 Mixage-IIIDA.
2 COIN squadrons with 37 IA-58 Pucara.
5 transport squadrons with 1, Boeing 707-320B, 7 C-130E/H, 2 KC-30, 1 Sa6reliner,
2 Lear~et-35, 3 G-222, 13 C-47, i0 F-27, 6 F-28, 5 DCH-6, 22 IA-50 Guarani II,
2 Merlin-IVA.
- 1 Antarctic squadxon with 2 DCH-2, 3 DCH-3, 1 LC-47, 1 5-61 helicopter.
1 liaison squadron with 4 Commander, 14 Strike Commander, MS-760 Paris, T-34C,
IA-35 Huanquero.
SAR squadron with helicopters: 12 SA-315 Lama, 2 S-58T, 2 S-61NR.
Helicopters: 4 UH-1D, 3 UH-19, 3 Bell 47G.
Instruction aircraft: 35 T-34C, 12 MS-760 Paris, 37 Cessna-182.
- ParamilitarX Forces:
Personnel: 42,000 men.
National Guard, 11,000 men with Shorland M-113 and helicopters.
National Maritime Prefecture, 9,000 men with 4 coastal patrol boats, 25 surveillance
launches, 30 surveillance boats, 5 helicopters. ~
Federal Police, 22,000 men with Mowag Roland and 4 helicopters.
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COUNTRY SECTION ARGENTINA
ECONOMY MINISTER DENIES RESIGNATION
PY201342 Buenos Aires DYN in Spanish 1110 GMT 20 May 82
[Text] Buenos Aires, 20 May (DYN)--For the second consecutive day Econoray
Minister Roberto Alsmann denied rumors of his alleged exit from the Economy
Ministry and reiterated that the pub lic serva~ts will receive a salary
increase as of 1 July.
In statements to ~ournalists accredited before the Economy Ministry, Alemann
stated that the decision to "freeze" British assets, ordered by the govern-
ment last night, was a"symmetrical step" to that taken against Argentine
assets in Great Britain.
The minister denied rumors of his alleged resignation by stating that "there
are no chances of leaving the Economy Ministry."
He added that these rumors have been circulating ever since he assumed the
post, but that the causes and candidates for this substitution could have
changed by now.
He acknowledged that "there are people who wish to change ministers and
have the sufficient means to reach the media with this purpose."
During a television interview on Tuesday, Alemann stated that the rumors
on his resignation were groundless.
The minister admitted the existence of an internal document of the economic
team in which disagreements with the pres~dency of the nation are pointed
out, but he stated: "I do not make any comments on internal work." He
regretted that that note had been published by a local daily.
- The minister explained the scope of the law regarding the "freezing" of
assets belonging to nonresident British subjects and pointed out that it
is a measure taken in response to other sinilar ones ordered by the British
_ Government against Argentina.
He then minimized rumors on the alleged lack of liquidity of the Bank of
London, a situation which he denied.
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Regarding the salary increases promised by the government as of 1 July,
he stated that tY:ey will be implemented as of the second half of the year
but did not reveal any figures.
Regarding other increases during the second semester of the ye~r he stated
that "there will be increases if the current emergency situat3.on changes,"
- but he was reluctant to term the current situation as encouraging.
When the ~ournalists askEd him his opinion on the conflict with Great
Britain, from the economic point of view, after his visit to Europe and the
United States, Alemann stated that there are clear signs that there is a
lack of mutual solidarity between Great Britain and its European partners.
Pointing out that 6 weeks ago Great Britain had a much stronger international
support than it has now, es~secially in the European bloc, the minister said
that "time is rimning in our favor."
He was then asked whether the Argentine foreign trade plan would be reorganized
at the end of the conflict with Great Britaina flis answer was: "Undoubtedly"
since there will be greater priorities for Latin America.
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BRIEFS
CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO INCREASE TRADE--Cordoba, Argentina, 24 May (SAPORITI)--
Czechoslovakia wants to b uy from 150,000 to 250,000 tons of wheat. This
announcement was made in this city by the commercial advisors to the
Czechoslovak Embassy in Argentina, Ludex Porkomy. The diplomat also said
that his government's decision should be interpreted as a gesture of solidarity
with the attitude taken by the Republic of Argentina against coloniali3m.
Referring to the current state of trade between Argentina amd Czechoslovakia,
Porkorny said that this is approximately ~130 million, that 60 percent are
Argentine sales, therefore the trade favors Argentina. Regarding the
products sold by Argentina to Czechoslovakia, he mentioned leather, vegetable
oils, grai.ns, meat, fish, tobacco and citrus fruit. He also sa~d that his
coimtry does not want the surplus favoring Argent3.na to increase. He added
that therefore Czechoslovakia could sell Ar~gentina tractors, airplanes,
machinery, tools and energy pl:snts in operation. The diplomat also said
that the two economies complement each other and that despite the (?ideolo-
gical) differences he had no doubt that trade could be increased particularly
at this time when Argenrina needs support to sell its products to cover
its needs in raw materials and technology. [Text] [PY241259 Buenos Aires
SAPORITI in Spanish 1148 GMT 24 May 82]
GDR INCREASING TRADE--Buenos Aires, 20 May (DYN)--(Kalsu Haertig), director
of the Latin American Department of the GDR Foreign Trade Mi~iistry, said
today that his roualtry hopes to increase soon its tr~3e with Argentina which
p resently amounts to $100 million a year. The official arrived in Buenos
Aires today to take part in one of the usual meetings of the ~oint Argentine-
GDR Trade Commission. He was interviewed at Ezeiza Airport and said that
Berlin hopes to continue tradir.g normally with Buenos Aires, despite the
situation caused by the crisis in the Ma].vinas Islands. (Haertig) said that
the GDR is interested "in all producte which Argentina traditionally exgorts,
especially agricultural ones," and that it intends to increase its sales
of eq uipment for agriculture and industry to Argentina. [Text] [PY221556
Buenos Aires DYN in Spanish 1510 GMT 20 May 82]
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COUNTRY SECTION BOLNIA
DRIVERS' UNION SAY U.S., UK ~'..NVOYS NOT WANTED
PY080455 Buenos Aires SAPORITI in Spanish 2308 GMT 7 Jun 82
[Text] La Paz, 7 Jun (Saporiti)--The Bolivian Drivers Union Confederation
(CSCB), the most powerful organization at the labor.union level in the country,
= today decided to declare British ~nbassador Stanley Duncan and U.S. Ambassador
Edwin Corr personae non grata for the working class.
The declaration was released in view of the events taking place on the
Malvinas Islands, targets of aggression by Great Britain ~rl.th U.S. support.
The document says that U.S. imperialism is attempting to oppress the Latin
American people who in actions of strict justice and righteousness are trying
to recover their territory and dignity.
The declaration labeled the Argentine action as one of an historic nature and
without parallel in current times, emulating the glorious days of 25 May 1810.
The document says that it is the duty of the working cla~s to speak up and
_ reject the Anglo-Saxon interference in order to put an end to their nefarious
influence on the Latin American people, especially our people because their
cunning hand has always been present in the great national tragedies such as
the loss of our seacoast.
Under those considerations, the drivers of Bolivia, who are working hard against
the IMF and its economic policies in the country, made the decision to support
the sister Republlc of Argentina and particularly its working class against the
Anglo-U.S. imperialism for the recovery of lands which are historically part of
Argentine territory and which were stolen by the masters of international
piracy; this [is] why this war is the cause of all the Latin American people.
_ I:1 another point, the CSCB decided to demand that the government, througl-r dip-
~lomatic means, convey to the ambassadors of the mentiozed countries that the
people and the working class will not permit or t:olerate acts of colonialism
or practices violating principl.es of human rights such as the brutal massacre
of peasants brothers under the pretext of wanting to solve the problem of that
decadent society of users of hallucinogens. The union leaders announced that
they are going to deliver a copy of the resolution to the Argentine ambassador
to Bolivia during a special ceremony.
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CUBA
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SOVIET OFFICIAL CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY IN CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA
PA131757 Havana PRELA in English 1232 GMT 13 May 82
[Report by Juan Buria]
[Text] Havana, 13 May (PL)--The secretary general of the Sov.Let Foreign
Office, Yuriy Fokin, indicated that his country calls for "the cease of
- all subversive activities against Cuba and Nicaragua and other countries
of the Caribbean and Central America."
Fokin gave an interview to PRENSA LATINA, in which he spoke about his visit
to Cuba and analyzed (?aspects) of the international political situation.
He expressed the condemonation of the USSR to the U.S. attitude "of stepping
~ up the tension arour.d Cuba, Nicaragua and in general in Central America and
the Caribbean."
"That policy," he said, "does not favor the cause of peace. It bothers
the peoples of the region and undermines their efforts aime d at a quiet
[word indistinct] way.
He also referred to the conflict of the South Atlantic, in which Argentina,
while defending its sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, is facing an
aggression of the war fleet of the British Government.
"Those British actions,'~ hthe~Malvinas,ewhichdcontradictsSthelresolutions
the colonial situation in
of the United Nations."
- In Ycis declarations, the secretary general of the Soviet Foreign Office also
spoke of aspects regarding the meeting of the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev,
and of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
The Soviets estimate that a dialogue of such a level requires a special
preparatio~ and a previous examination of all the topics to be analyzed by
both presidents.
"The Soviet Union is in favor of preparing well the meeting and of holding
it next spring in one of the neutral capitals of Europe," expressed Fokin.
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"We would like the United States to have a(?constructive) point of view,
for on this depends the results of such an important meeting."
Fokin has just ended a 6-day visit to Cuba, heading a delegation which held
talks with the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
His visit to Havana, he sai%1, was related to the n~xt holding of the special
session of the General A~csembly of the iTnited Nations on disarmament.
The Soviet diplomat stated that the socialist count~ies and the nonaligned
_ ones will work together, in order to help this UN meeting, which begins in
Jtme, "to be carried out in a constructive atmosphere and to reach positive
and true results."
CSO: 3020/124
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COUNTRY SECTION CUBA
'PRELA' REPORTS NONALIGNED MEETING COMMUNIQUE
PA061910 Havana PRELA in English 1850 GMT 6 Jun 82
[Text] Havana, 7 Jun (PL)--With a declaration which ratifies the principles of
rejection to aggressions, support to the struggle of the people for their inde-
pendence and a negotiated solution to the problems which are threat2ning peace,
was resumed here a meeting of the coardination bureau of the nonalign~d
countries.
The declaration, for the first time, makes reference to the Salvadoran issue,
expressing its support and warning on that the "imperialist intervention
threatens peace and security in the region." .
The document, also for the first time included the sit~ation of Guatemala,
rating it as "another point of tengion where the imperialist repression and
- intervention has not ceased."
It also expresses concern for the step-up of the threats of intervention and
- destabilizing manoeuvers against Cuba, promoted and carried out by the United
States.
~ The final declaration of the meeting of foreign ministers of the non aligned
countries expresses support to the full rigb.c of Arge~tina to exert sovereignty
over the Malvinas Islands, underlining that the British aggression, backed by
the United States, is affecting all the regi~n.
It also expresses its support to the Surinamese people in cor~.structing.their
future according to their own interests, to Boliv~a for the recovery of its
exit to the Pacific Ocean, to Puerto Rico in its inalienable right to indepen-
dence as well as to Panama, for its most absolute right to sovereignty over
the canal.
Referring to Chile, it caYls on to intensify the solidarity to the struggle
of that people and expre~ses concern for the increase of dependency to the
United States in the economic, political and military fie.lds.
In another part it expresses concern for certain events regarding the Venezuelan
territorial claim against Guyana and rates the use of the force for the solution
of the territorial conflict, as una.cceptable.
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The declaratior._ recommends the next su~it of heads of states and govermnenr.s,
the holding of an extraordinary ministerial meeting in Nic~ragua, due to the.
serious situation of Central America and the Caribbean, and in general, in
Latin America.
Within the same context is expressed the concern of the member states for the
- military, political, and economic pressures exerted on Grenada.
- While Analyzing the international issues, the resolution states that the arms
race is incompatible with the search for a social and economic development and
the establishment of a ziew international economic order.
P,egarding this it expresses the movement's support to the second special session
of the United Nations on disarmam~nt to take place next week, recalling that the
first session of this type which took place 4 years ago, was held at the in-
iative of the non aligned movement.
On the Madr.id conference on security and cooperation in Europe, it calls for
positive results, expressing the concern of the nan aligned for the step-up of
the tensions in the old world.
Regarding the conflicts or tension points in Asia, the document exhorts to find
global political solutions which would ihclude the south gast and south west
Asiatic states and ratifies that the Indian Ocean should be converted into a
peace zone.
Regarding the conflicts between member countries, like the Iran-Iraq case, it
calls for the finding of political solutions based on the strict respect to
the principles of the non aligned.
The resolution expresses its recognition to the special commission which has
mediated in the Iran-Iraq conflict, and exhorts it to continue making all
efforts to reach a just, peaceful and honorable solution.
Further ahead it underlined that the seventh summit to take place in Bagdad
next September, will constitute an important and historic moment of the movement
in which its principles and objectives will be reaffirmed.
In another part, on mentioning the Middle East situation, it points out that
the U.S. help to Israel, is the determining factor of the aggressive and expan-
sionist policy of the Zionist state.
The United States was interested in main~:aining and broadening its strategic
alliance with Israel, encouraging the Zionist state to go on with its military
actions against the Arab states and to ignore the rights of the Palestine
people, states the resolution.
Regarding Africa, the document stresses that the main problem is the existence
of colonialism, neo colonialism, racism and apartheid in the soathern pa~t ^f
Africa. Regarding this, it condemns the South African aggressions against
Angola, Mozambique and the other front line countries.
CSO: 3020/133
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I, COUNTRY SECTION HICA'tAGUA
SELA COMi~IITTEE CHARGES U.S. ECONOMIC ~HOSTILITY'
PA190138 Havana PRELA in English 2326 GMT 18 May 82
[Text] Managua, 19 May (YL)--Nicaragi:a has charged that the developed
capitalist countries, especially the United States, ar~ ualoading upon the
~derdeveloped nations the burden of the internation~]. economic crisis.
At the opening of the third meeting of the Action Commi~`.tee for the Recovery
of Nicaragua of SELA (Latin American Economic System), N:tcaraguan Deputy
Minister Edmtmdo Jarquin said that the "anti-crisis policies" applied
- shift the costs to the poor couatries.
The abrupt drop in the prices of our export products, the extremely high
interest rates, motmting protectionism and the drastic cutback in t:~e
official flows of capital are draining the development efforts of all our
coimtries, he warned.
~ Nicaragua, he said, is hit especially hard by the situation which has ~md~r-
mined a good part of its notible effort at reactivation and reconstruction.
After indicating that the regional economic criais imposes additional costs
upon Nicaragua, Jarquiny president of the Action Committee, warned that an
"attitude of generalized hostility on ::he part of the United States...
provides an additional setting of difficulties for our reconstruction."
He stressed tr.at k?ashington carries its aggression into the economic [field]
and govern~nent and [is] putting pressure on the multilateral agencies.
Jarquin said that the "situation of economic aggression challenges each and
every one of the principles that link us in SELA, ~ ust as those principles
are challenged by the sanctions against our sister nation Argentina."
Representatives of the coia?_~ries belonging to the committee, set up 3 years
- ago to cooperate with Nicaraguan recovery, are analyzing an agenda that
includes the naming of three vice presidents for th~ 82-83 period ~nd this
year's annual report.
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They will also ~3ebate the alternatives of reorganizing the co~i.ttee and
discussicm of the work program and budget for 15~82.
It was reported that the committee has channelled donations to Nicaragua
of $10 million worth, $51 million in b ilateral loans~ credit lines of
- ~176 million and technical assistance in fisheries, tourism, crafts and
housing.
- At the meeting, the secretary of the Action Committee, Francisco Cordero,
denounced the military aggression by Great Britain against Argentina in
stating that the "crucial situation of Latin America is aggranated with new
aggressions on sister countries from Europe."
The committee is made up of Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Panama,
Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Guatemala, Venezuela and E1 Salvador.
The last four were not present at the opening session.
t;~o; 3020/127

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- FALKLANDS CONFLICT--Montevideo, 5 Jun (SAPORITI)--Uruguayan Presidpnt Lt Gen
Gregorio Alvarez has asserted that the third world war is closer than ever due
to the Malvinas conflict between Argentina and Great Britain. The chief of
state, repeating previous remarks, expressed his concern over t~e fact that ,
the efforts to achieve 3 peaceful solution have not been successful. Alva�rez
reiterated that the Uruguayan Government has not changed its position on the ,
- topic: "It recognizes Argentina's legitimate sovereignty over the islands;
it considers that the presence of the British f1eQt in the southern Atlantic
- is unjustified; and it condemns the a~tacks against the archipelago by the
expeditionary fleet." The Uruguayan president expresse~i his concern over
the current situation a~nd he also expressed his anguish and pain over the
~ blood that has been let. Finally, he indicated, refering to the overall
- situation in Latin America, that his idea regarding a meeting of American
presidents must be achieved in the short term. This continent must not
continue to exist in its knees, feeding raw materials to the industriali.zed
countries at the prices they set. While our countries cannot achieve their
development. [Text] [PY051341 Buenos Aires SAPORITI in Spanish 1258 GMT
5 Jun 82]
CSO: 3010/1683 E~
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