The World - News from April 6, 1989
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El Salvador’s leftist rebels stepped up their attacks throughout the country, bombing banks in the capital and hitting government offices in the provinces, military sources said. The increased attacks followed promises from rebel commanders of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front of a military offensive ahead of the June 1 inauguration of right-wing President-elect Alfredo Cristiani. Cristiani, of the Nationalist Republican Alliance (Arena) party, leaves today for talks with U.S. officials in Washington.
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