6 AUGUST 1983, page 7

No Vietnam

Richard West O nce more we are told that the troubles of Central America face the United States with a 'new Vietnam'. The same warning reached a crescendo a year ago when the......

A Dangerous Irrelevance

Tony Allen-Mills Managua, Nicaragua T he US State Department recently issued a glossy 20-page background paper on Central America 'in the interest of con- tributing to a better......