European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 b the stars and stripes world sunday november 1,1992 salvadoran rebels give up weapons Guai Uila Al Salvador a the squad Leader barked a command and 188 salvadoran guerrillas fell into formation for the last time Friday marching to a table staffed by . Peacekeepers to turn in their weapons. Across the country some 1,500 other rebel fighters handed Over their arms under the terms of a .-brokered peace treaty that ended 12 years of civil War in january. Both the government and the Faramundo Marti National liberation front were to have complied with All terms of the Accord by saturday. The two sides agreed to postpone the deadline to dec. 15, but president Alfredo Cristiani said he would suspend the restructuring of the armed forces until All rebels had demobilized. Cristianit a government is obliged under the accords to Cut the 60,000-member armed forces by 50 percent demobilize counterinsurgency units and remove officers who have committed human rights abuses. The Feln accepted the new demobilization timetable without conditions. About 3,200 guerrillas 40 percent of the total when the War ended Early this year remain armed at 15 Camps spread throughout the Massachusetts sized nation. . Undersecretary general Alvaro de Soto and Marrack Goulding who Heads . Peace efforts in Al Salvador arrived in the capital for meetings aimed at ironing out problems in the 9-month-old peace process. Calling the meetings a decisive a Goulding said he was optimistic the government and rebels would a be Able to rapidly Advance toward solution of the  some of the rebels who demobilized Friday were seasoned fighters who had spent years in the mountains. Others were in diapers when Al Salvador a Politi a Young boy in Gua Jila Al Salvador watches Friday As guerrilla fighters turn Over their weapons to . Peacekeepers. Cal differences erupted in War in the late 1970s. Many of the weapons they turned in were in poor condition with broken muzzles and parts missing and seemed More a threat to the shooter than the tar-. Officers put the weapons in a Juc shipping Container which they locked with two keys a one for the United nations one for the guerrillas. For the rebels Friday was a time of reflection last slaps on the Back and last rounds of a Viva for fallen comrades. Some spent their last moments As guerrillas quietly a one fighter with a machine gun on his shoulder and a Watermelon under his Arm sought a quiet place in the Shade. Others chatted in Small groups As Young boys in Gua Jila a War shattered Village 40 Miles North of san Salvador climbed Trees for a better View. The Village was fought Over for years and there is scarcely a family in the town that did not lose from five to 10 members. A White Cross atop a Hill honors the hundreds perhaps thousands who died in the area. Jorge 28, joined the rebels As a teen Ager 12 years ago and has been in the Hills Ever since. His Only Hope is for something better. A it has been a Long time since i worked the land a he said declining to give his last name. The government has promised to give plots to the former rebels. But like Many leftists concerned about reprisals from right Wing death squads he does not Rule out a return to armed conflict. A if they Rise against us we can go Back into the mountains again a he said. A maybe not me but the younger  admits to deepening economic crisis san Juan puerto Rico apr cuban president Fidel Castro declared the economic crisis How facing his communist nation is More difficult than the tense 1962 superpower showdown Over soviet missiles in Cuba. Castro in a speech reported saturday by cubans official news Agency blamed the United states for Many of his economic problems and urged cubans to resist new . Pressures such As the recent Law tightening the american Trade embargo on Havana. Castro a discourse came before a two Day session of the 464-member National Assembly which ended Friday. During the session the legislature unanimously voted to condemn Washington a new cuban democracy act which expands the 30-Ycar-old . Trade embargo that prohibits american companies from doing business with Cuba to include those firms foreign subsidiaries. Castro 66, has lost his main trading partners with the collapse of the soviet Union and its one time Eastern european satellites which traditionally supplied most of cubans imports. Faced with a Lack of hard currency Cuba has been forced to Cut rations for food and fuel to Deal with the shortages. Castro compared Cuba today with that of october 1962, when the United states and the soviet Union risked nuclear War in a showdown Over a soviet military buildup in the Caribbean nation. He said the causes of that showdown remain. The United states maintains its naval base at Guantanamo Bay and has intensified its economic warfare with the embargo tightening Law president Bush signed oct. 23 in Miami. Cuban exiles still organize a pirate attacks on cuban territory the official Prensa Latina news Agency quoted Castro As saying. Castro conceded that the Cuba a has not rounded the Corner Quot on its economic problems which include daily cuban president Fidel Castro with communist party officials behind him listens during a meeting of the National Assembly where he blamed the United states for the nations economic woes. Power outages fewer hours for government television and a reduced Harvest of sugar cubans main crop. The news Agency said Castro characterized recent . Pressure As an expression of a desperation and impotence by the enemies of the cuban revolution. Castro has ruled since the popular 1959 uprising that ousted dictator Fulgencio  resumes in Angola raising fears of civil War Luanda Angola apr heavy fighting broke out saturday Between rebels and angolan government forces in Luanda and machine gun fire and explosions filed the capital. State radio said there were Many deaths. A there is substantial fire in several areas a Edmund de Jarnette the head of the . Liaison office in Luanda said by Telephone. Recent violence has heightened fears that Angola is lurching toward a new outbreak of the civil War that devastated the Southern african nation for 16 years after Independence from Portugal in 1975. The United states supported the rebels in the civil War but on Friday condemned any attempt to seize Power by Force. Hostility has risen since last months National elections in which the former rebels ran second to the ruling popular liberation movement of Angola. Rebel Leader Jonas Sav Imbi accused the government of rigging the vote and threatened to fight rather than accept the ballot Box defeat the United nations which brokered the peace Accord that brought the elections said the balloting generally was fair. De Jarnette said the fighting started after the two sides halted a round of negotiations saturday afternoon. The heaviest shooting appeared to be around the hotel Turisco which the rebels use As a base but there were also reports of fighting around the International Airport. A Cloud of smoke Hung Over the downtown hotel which was flying the Scarlet Anc Green Flag of the National Union for the total Independence of Angola. Portugal a tsp radio reported from Luanda that the hotel and a nearby police station were in flames. Witnesses said machine guns mortars rocket propelled grenades and heavier weapons were being used