Talk:José Napoleón Duarte

Editing Policy.

I note with interest that my last editing change was removed. Marxist propaganda tends to dominate the view of Latin American taught in schools and universities in the United States (and other Western countries) and is pushed by the media (Hollywood and so on) also. Wikipedia is supposed to be open to "anyone" - if by "anyone" you mean "leftists only" then an article should be clearly marked "for editing by leftists only" - so that non leftists (such as myself) do not waste our time. You really can not have it both ways - you can not claim to be open to "anyone" and then remove all non leftist opinions.2A02:C7D:B5B8:DA00:8120:92A:62EE:D7A8 (talk) 11:37, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Not much on Duarte's economic and social polices in the article.

There needs to be a policy section in the article - outlining the policies of Durate in office. The big increase in government spending on health, education and so on, the land confiscations from large landowners ("land reform") and the nationalisations of important industries. These policies are briefly mentioned - but they need to be outlined in greater detail. The government of Duarte was a government of the left - and the normal Wikipedia love of the Marxist opposition obscures this. Not all leftists are Marxists - and non, indeed anti, Marxist leftists such as Duarte are badly dealt with in Wikpedia articles. The article does not even mention the economic collapse in El Salavador after Duarte, and his fellow leftists, took power in 1979.2A02:C7D:B5B8:DA00:8120:92A:62EE:D7A8 (talk) 11:18, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

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Recent Reverts
I reverted you the first time because you broke Wikipedia syntax, and the second time because the source you used was not supporting the statement it was used for. Regardless, you are right in that the lead can use some work. Having read the sources, Human Rights Abuses under Duarte, as well as US support, are well documented; at the same time, he himself was a target of the regime after the 1972 election, which he won (although he was not sworn in as president. He was also elected president in 1984; this fact the lead mentioned prior to your edit. The sentence about his victory in 1972 I have no issues with adding, it should have been there in the first place. The rest of the lead is very thoroughly sourced, and if you wish to change it you should bring in equally good sources. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:51, 8 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I disagree with your decision reverting it. You can change the place of the citation, or place "citation needed", and what I submitted is still more accurate than what is reverted.  I'm not a professional wikipedia editor, maybe do this a couple of times a year when something is flagrantly wrong.  The original post is flagrantly wrong.   Here is another citation if you have time to submit edits the way you prefer.  The fact is that Duarte was popularly elected, ousted by military coup (and tortured), and under pressure from Jimmy Carter, was invited back by the junta (which had held a phony election for Romero, which USA/Carter refused to recognize. Here is a source for some of this information from the Carter years.  I personally knew the US ambassador those years, but again am not qualified as an expert, only someone who can recognize a horrible misstatement of facts.  I have met Noam Chomsky before too, he is a brilliant linguist but not recognized as an expert in central american policy.


 * Duarte was popularly elected in 1972, ousted, replaced under pressure from Carter, attempted land reforms, death squads tried to intimidate land reformists, and college students blamed Reagan and Duarte. To imply that Duarte was somehow placed there by Reagan and the CIA is demonstrably impossible, he predates them.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Retroworks (talk • contribs) 20:11, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
 * You're not reading what I said. His election in 1972 needs to be included, and I have retained this in my modification. The fact that he was elected in 1984 also needs to be mentioned, and I retained this as well. The article does not say "Reagan put him into office," it says Reagan backed him up during the human rights abuses. This is sourced to two other references besides Chomsky, so whatever your disagreement with him, it is irrelevant, so don't bring it up again; Grandin, for instance, is among the most renowned historians in this field. The state department website is certainly not a reliable source in this case, because we are discussing American foreign policy. Vanamonde93 (talk) 23:58, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

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