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Excerpt from Department of State Bulletin, Vol. 83: August September, 1983
Some people throw up their hands and say, well, there's not much we can do down there. They say poverty and violence and repression in Central America are just the way of life, that democracy can't work. I say baloney and I think we'd all say something stronger if we were down on the docks. Costa Rica is as strong a democracy as you will find anywhere with a long history of peace, free elections, and stability. They don't even have an army If democracy can work in Costa Rica and Honduras, it can work in El Salvador and Nicaragua and Guatemala. There is still time for the people of Latin America to build a prosperous, peaceful, and free future. And we have an obliga tion to help them - for our own sake as well as theirs.
People throughout Latin America are waiting to see if Republicans and Democrats in this country can work together to make the United States what it should be: a loyal friend and reliable defender of democracy and human decency. I believe that we must exercise that leadership. And the time is now.
Since I spoke to the Congress in April, Cuba has sent one of its best known combat generals to Nicaragua. More Cuban soldiers and Soviet sup pliers have arrived in Nicaragua. This cannot be allowed to continue.
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