Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Today's vote is the end of a chapter," said House Majority Whip Tony Coelho (D.-Calif.). "The contra policy is the past. Now we can deploy America's greatest strengths, from aid and trade to diplomacy, to stoke the flames of liberty and secure the future for Central America...
...Republicans warned that the action would relieve part of the pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega which they contend has forced him into recent concessions. The aid cut-off would allow Managua to slip backwards into renewed repression, the president's congressional supporters charged...
...Current aid to the rebels expires February 29, and Democrats pledged to hold another vote before the month is out on an alternative package of purelyhumanitarian aid to the rebels. They would thenfollow that up with a new emphasis on economicdevelopment aid for countries in the region thatabide by terms of a five-nation peace accord...
...bulk of the aid package was intended to buy"non-lethal" supplies to keep the rebels alive asa military force inside Nicaragua. That includedfood and uniforms as well as communications gearand leased aircraft to deliver the material...
Opponents of the aid argue that U.S.sponsorship of the rebels has given theSandinistas an excuse to suppress politicaldissent and avoid fulfilling the democraticpromises made in their 1979 constitution...