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U.S. backs Guatemala leader as rightward stance deepens
The Reagan administration extends friendly. it praises Gen. Mejia Victores after Guatemala’s coup, despite Guatemala’s brutal human rights record. Washington contrasts with harsher views on Nicaragua and signals support for a return to democratic governance, while Cuban advisers remain in Nicaragua.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Washington
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Richard L. Millett
Southern Illinois University
Mejia Victores
Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores
Guatemala City
Reagan
Efrain Rios Montt
Rios Montt
U.S
Ranger
National
State Department
Frederic L. Chapin
United States
John Hughes
Mejia
Mexico
Carter
Congress
Clarence D. Long
D-Md
House Appropriations
Honduras
el Salvador
Costa Rica