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Article: Hondurans debate U.S. presence // Will new road move goods to market, or men to war? Series: OUR GUARD IN HONDURAS
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 26, 1987
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PUENTE GRANDE, Honduras Like half his fellow countrymen,
37-year-old Jose Duran can't read and can't write. He makes less
than $500 a year. And he's got seven kids whom he expects to do
better than farm beans for a living.
"I don't know why you came over here," he says as the grinding
and groaning of heavy-duty road building equipment echoes from the
mountainside. The equipment is operated by Midwestern reservists and
maintained by Illinois National Guardsmen.
"But I don't care either way," he says, a dry smile revealing
his yellow- and brown-spotted teeth. "We're going to have
transportation now. We're going to have a good school."
The school, like the road being ...