Central America Is As Violent As Ever. What Would It Take to Change?
Central America Is As Violent As Ever. What Would It Take to Change?
By
Richard Lapper
Thirty years after covering wars in the Northern Triangle, a veteran reporter returns to find new solutions to violence and joblessness are badly needed.
The first time I tried to visit Suchitoto, it was a town under siege. Left-wing guerrillas who held the nearby Guazapa volcano were trying to drive the military out. Three-quarters of the town’s 40,000 population had fled or been killed – and life was miserable for those who remained, as sabotage attacks cut off electricity and water supplies for two long years. The roads around the town were mined, and bus service suspended. Although only 30...
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