Central America: THE HOUR | IMGpapers 1980

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MAL EL SALVADOR 1981 announced itself with fury in Central America. On 11 January the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front launched its 'final offensive' in El Salvador. Guerillas swept into the suburbs of San Salvador, dozens of barracks in provincial towns were attacked. Santa Ana was taken and held by the guerillas for a week.

But the FMLN, despite striking hard blows against the dictatorship did not succeed in ousting the military junta. The cities, and especially San Salvador did not sufficiently respond to the general strike call. American military aid helicopters, guns, and military advisors — poured in to relieve the beleaguered regime.

Central America has become one of the two central arenas of struggle for the world workers' movement, along with Poland The outcome will depend on the evolution of the struggle in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and on whether the Socialist Challenge 17 December 1981 MK BELIZE HONDURAS Above FSLN fighters in Nicaragua. Above left: National Guard in El Salvador SUNTA SALVADOR Nuez/Granma