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Page 2 LRn? (MKB imii D Daily Nebraskan Tuesday, September 28, 1982 Speaker : Nicaraguan hopes tempered By Laurie Moses "Working in Nicaragua in literacy campaigns in 1980 was one of the happiest times of my life," Severly Treumann said, "We taught 85,000 people in Nicara gua, went to every part of Nicaragua and lived with rural families. In the end, 450,000 people passed the literacy courses." Beverly Treumann has been working in Latin America for the past three years with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. "It . worked so well because before the revolu tion, people lived under A CAREER IN LAW DENVER PARALEGAL INSTITUTE We will be on campus TUESDAY, OCT. 26 Contact your placement office to arrange a personal interview. Financial & Placement Assistance Approved by American Bar Assn. DENVER PARALEGAL INSTITUTE 2150 West 29th Ave. Denver, Colo. 80211 (303) 489-1697 eWc rule for 45 years. Our work came on the heels of triumph. Somoza was an easy man to hate. Almost every group was against him, and all that was needed was coordination of the groups. They were against Jhe way he handled business and the mixed economy. They feel that he sold out to the bourge oisie," Treumann said. Treumann spoke Monday night at the Nebraska Union. The talk was spon sored by the Latin Amer ican Solidarity Committee. "I don't know what shape the government is in now. No one knows what kind of government it is. Some think it's Socialist, but I'm not sure," she said. Situation worse Treumann said she was told to be careful, that things weren't what they were going to be in the future. In 1981 she returned while new challenges were ARE YOU TIRED OF GETTING AN "F" ON YOUR LONG DISTANCE PHONE BILL? SAVE UP TO 50 ON YOUR LONG DISTANCE CALLS CALL US TO FIND OUT HOW 1-800-323-053; ...We're CI The '. !., I,tce ,, C9ra,Mr. being felt in Nicaragua. ai nrst mere was a feeling of hope, now hopes have been tempered," Treu mann said. The UUSC is a small organization which works on projects around the world, Treumann was ac cepted into the organization and she has been to Latin America three times. Countries she has visited include Nicaragua, El Sal vador, Guatemala, and Hon duras. "The Reagan administra tion feels that these re volutions are a threat to the United States and these governments must be re placed. They back this up with real threats. They want to destabilize Nicara gua by giving Nicaragua $19 million for covert operations," Treumann said. "The CIA went to Nicar agua and has introduced a lot of distrust in the Nicara guan people. Some of the people who would speak out against the government are afraid to because they don't want to be lined up with the CIA," Treumann said. Help from the church In 1973 the UUSC worked through the Arch bishop of El Salvadore to see what could be done there. "There is a new trend in El Salvadore - new to Americans anyway - which is liberal theology. The idea is that God is on the side of the oppressed. People feel that in the Bible the people struggled, and that Christ helped the poor," Treumann said. "This chal lenged the status quo, this became the revolutionary content of liberal theology." In Guatemala the combat areas have been abandoned by non-military visitors and the Catholic church is closed there. "I went to one town with a population of about 500. The military was using the church as an outpost, the soldiers slept there," she said. "The people in the United States have changed their views, and Reagan is limited in what he can do because of it," Treumann said. FUTURE MEDICAL STUDENTS: Find out how you can have tuition, books and fees PAID - receive $530 per month -and compete tor internship and residency programs Contact: Archie Summtrlin 116 So. 42nd St Omahi.NEC8131 Call Collect 402-221-4319 infijFif r JlWJUMJh mam mn "