CBS Evening News - 1982-02-24
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[0:00] 30 week nights on 5
[0:02] >> from around the world and from CBS News
[0:05] headquarters in New York. This is the
[0:08] CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. And
[0:11] tonight, Bill Moyers reports how the
[0:14] used car dealers are trying to cash in
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[0:22] >> Good evening. It is called the Caribbean
[0:24] Basin Initiative. as described by
[0:26] President Reagan today. It is an
[0:28] unprecedented plan of trade assistance
[0:31] and investment by the United States to
[0:33] countries in Central America and the
[0:35] Caribbean. There is in the Caribbean,
[0:37] the president said, a crisis, adding
[0:39] that the well-being and security of our
[0:42] neighbors in the region are in our own
[0:44] vital interest. Bill Plant has the
[0:46] details in Washington.
[0:48] >> Speaking before the ambassadors of the
[0:50] Organization of American States, Mr.
[0:52] Reagan portrayed the nations of the
[0:53] Caribbean region as poised to make one
[0:56] of two choices, constitutional
[0:58] government or dictatorship. He charged
[1:00] Cuba and Nicaragua with exporting
[1:02] revolution, and suggested there was a
[1:04] propaganda campaign underway to confuse
[1:07] the nature of the conflict in El
[1:08] Salvador. Very simply, guerrillas armed
[1:12] and supported by and through Cuba are
[1:14] attempting to impose a Marxist Leninist
[1:17] dictatorship on the people of El
[1:18] Salvador as part of a larger
[1:21] imperialistic plan if we do not act
[1:24] promptly and decisively in defense of
[1:26] freedom. New Cubas will arise from the
[1:29] ruins of today's conflicts.
[1:32] >> The president warned that the US would
[1:34] help defend friendly governments in the
[1:35] region, but he