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...private donations he solicited for the contras to bankroll his plush Washington offices, stretch limos and hefty payments to friends and associates. Even Oliver North, the superpatriotic National Security Council aide who ran the Iran-contra initiatives, cashed $2,000 worth of traveler's checks received from Contra Leader Adolfo Calero while purchasing groceries, hosiery and snow tires. Ironically, the often maligned contras apparently did not have the sticky fingers of some of their benefactors. Sources on the congressional committees say Calero was "meticulous" in keeping records of funds entrusted...
...Contra Leader Adolfo Calero testified that he gave North $90,000 in traveler's checks in 1985, supposedly to assist in the rescue of U.S. hostages held in Lebanon. Investigators, however, disclosed last week that North had cashed $2,000 worth and spent some in stores near his home. He bought, among other things, two snow tires for $100. Senator Rudman, using sarcasm to make the point that the money was not spent for any public purpose, asked Calero "when was the last time it snowed in Nicaragua." The contra leader allowed that it does not snow in Nicaragua...
...recent months top Bacardi officers seem to have been conducting a purge of family members who oppose the privatization plan. Those let go include Bacardi Corp. Vice President Adolfo Comas Bacardi; Jorge Bacardi, vice president of the Bahamas operation; Toten Comas Bacardi, a quality-control manager in Europe; and Alberto Bacardi, president of a Canadian subsidiary...
Filling out the picture will be some lesser-known field agents who helped create the private network that kept the contras fighting despite the official cutoff. Among them: Robert Owen, who as North's roving envoy in Central America allegedly arranged weapons shipments, and Contra Leader Adolfo Calero, who will be asked about what help the rebels actually received...
...week, moderate Rebel Leader Alfonso Robelo said he would not seek re-election to the directorate of the United Nicaraguan Opposition, the umbrella group that oversees contra operations. Robelo's move, coupled with last month's resignation of fellow Moderate Arturo Cruz, could greatly strengthen the political role of Adolfo Calero, leader of the main contra military organization, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force. Amid the swirling political crosscurrents, TIME Correspondent Ricardo Chavira visited several contra bases last week in Nicaragua. His report...