El Salvador Too Much Like a Father?

His daughter returned, Duarte struggles to regain respect

Well-wishers sent bouquets of roses, chrysanthemums and gladiolus garlanded with bright festive ribbons to the presidential residence. Relatives and close friends of Jose Napoleon Duarte and his family gathered in the private chapel in the Salvadoran President's home. There they took part in a Mass of thanksgiving for the safe return of Duarte's oldest daughter, Ines Guadalupe Duarte Duran, 35, who was released 44 days after antigovernment guerrillas kidnaped her and a friend, Ana Cecilia Villeda, 23. But the joy of the long- awaited homecoming was muted by signs that a total recovery from the kidnaping incident will be a difficult...

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