▁countries ▁as ▁H ait i , ▁Gu atem ala , ▁Indones ia , ▁and ▁East ▁Tim or . ▁ ▁Biography ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁N air n ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Mor rist own , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁to ▁a ▁Puerto ▁R ican ▁mother . ▁In ▁high ▁school , ▁he ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁with ▁consumer ▁activ ist ▁Ralph ▁N ader , ▁working ▁for ▁him ▁for ▁six ▁years . ▁His ▁book ▁The ▁Re ign ▁of ▁E TS : ▁the ▁Corporation ▁That ▁M akes ▁up ▁M inds , ▁an ▁investigation ▁of ▁the ▁S AT ▁I ▁exam ▁and ▁its ▁cre ators , ▁the ▁Edu c ational ▁Test ing ▁Service , ▁was ▁printed ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ralph ▁N ader ▁report ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁N air n ▁visited ▁Gu atem ala ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁a ▁campaign ▁of ▁assass ination ▁against ▁student ▁leaders ▁amid st ▁a ▁cha otic ▁counter ins ur gency ▁campaign ▁against ▁Marx ist ▁gu err illas ▁active ▁in ▁both ▁urban ▁and ▁rural ▁areas . ▁He ▁interview ed ▁United ▁States ▁corpor ate ▁execut ives ▁there , ▁who ▁end ors ed ▁the ▁death ▁squad s , ▁and ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁further ▁investigate ▁death ▁squad ▁activities ▁in ▁that ▁country ▁and ▁in ▁El ▁Salvador , ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁thro es ▁of ▁civil ▁war . ▁Sub sequently , ▁N air n ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁East ▁Tim or ▁and ▁helped ▁found ▁the ▁East ▁Tim or ▁Action ▁Network ▁( ET AN ), ▁which ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁bringing ▁the ▁independence ▁movement ▁in ▁East