| Each day, the headlines expose yet another shocking casein which the United States, sailing under the banner offreedom and democracy for all, has actually thwartedprogress toward the securing of human rights for the people ofLatin America. The evidence collected in this volume not onlydocuments in unmistakable detail the facts of life in that re-gion s nine most tumultuous countries, but more important,demonstrates how the Reagan administration has blatantlyabused, ignored, or misrepresented concern for human rightsin pursuing its military and political goals there. Drawing heavily on Americas Watch s on-site investiga-tions, With Friends Like These reports the up-to-the-minutestatus of human rights in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, El Salva-dor, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, andPeru. How valid are the new guarantees (ours and theirs) offree expression, personal security, and due process? Whatare the real connections between the military and death-squad activity? Where do "free elections" fit in on the politicaland economic trajectories of each country? To which Sides,and to what ends, is the United States offering funds, arms,and sympathy--and why do our government s "facts" oftenvary so widely from independently reported accounts? This is a powerful, persuasive rebuttal to the rhetoric ofconvenience by which the American government justifies poli-cies that support torture, repression, and fundamental abusesof human life abroad. |
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