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LATIN AMERICA

The actions of military governments in South America against real or perceived threats from subversive groups have led to numerous violati~ns of human rights over the years. Largely as the result of international opinion and publ.icity, there has been a slight improvement in the countries that have been the chief targets - of crit i cism. The~e are Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. The situation has also improved in Brazil, but violations of hum•n rights still occur there. Argentina Violations by bot~ the left and right remain serious in Argentina, although the frequency and scale of abuses by security forces and rightist vigilantes have diminished somewhat since last summer. The government now is~ues public lists of those it detains; the completeness and accuracy of .the lists, however, is open to question. International criticism of the human rights situation in Argentina has caused considerable irritation among gDvernment officials, particularly those charged with stopping leftist guerrilla warfare. President Videla has indicated that he expects some worsening of relations with the US over human rights, but he apparently feels con)trained by hard-line factions within the armed forces. ·

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ARGENTINA: New foreign policy directions

The Argentine Government, increasing ly irritated by US criticism of Argentina's huma n rights practices and US advice on how to develop a nu clear prog ra m, is see king to strengthen its ties with France and several Communist and Arab countries . Argentina r ecently purchased 170 jet engines from the French , who - despite their own disagreeme nts with the Argentines over human rights--are apparently willing to sel l arms and may provide the mi li tary training previously give n --.conti nu ed 5

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by the US. J~nta member Admiral Massera recent l y visited Romania and claims .to have · opened up new possibilities for bilateral trade . Foreign Minister Montes will travel to Romaniq this month and to the USSR later in t .he year. An Ar gentine eco~omic delegation is cur rently vtsiting Libya, Algeria, and Iraq. The USSR , a r e 1 at i:ve.l y- minor t r ading partner for Argentina, imports far more from the Argentines than it exports to them and would welcome an opportunity to correct this imbalance. Moscow has expressed strong interest in provid ing turbines for Argentina's · massive Yacyr et a hydroelectric project, for which the ExportI mport Bank turned down concessio nary financing on· human rights grounds. The Argentines .are obviously posturing to some extent about strengthe~ing relations with Communist nations . Their conserva tive political bias and their fears regarding potentia l subver s i on probably preclude any close diplomatic alignment or the purchase of Soviet military equipmen t. Nevertheless, Argentine -- cont in ued

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willingness to turn to the Commu nists on economic gro unds is l i kely t o increase if the US Congress . denies s up plier credits through the Export - Import Bank of approx i mat ely $800 mill ion fo r .us ex ports to Argentina. ·

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We have seen no spec i fic Ch ilea n react i o~. but the reg ime has been trying f o r som e time to im prove it s human ri gh t s image. Ab uses continue but are fewer in number. Argentine President Videla has sai4 t~dt he regrets having prob lems with the us over human rights but sees no alternative to continuing the fight agai~st subversion .

Nicaraguan President Somoza bel i eves emphasis on human rights is proper but that it is ha r d to see how you or anyone else can persuade o t her governments to change their practices--especially if th ey think strong meas ures are re quir ed for their survival . The Uru guayan government th in ks US legislation penalizin g coun trie s that violate hu man rights is unfair, and that US officials have a distorte d view of conditions in Ur uguay . There is evi dence, noneth el ess , t ha t . t be gove r nment is considering ways to improve its huma n rights image .

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