Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Organization of American States (OAS) meeting in Washington. "As long as there is breath in this body, I will speak and work, strive and struggle for the cause of the Nicaraguan freedom fighters." Specifically, Reagan pledged, he will fight for $270 million in renewed military and humanitarian aid to the contras to enable them to continue battling the Sandinista regime. The next day, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the Nicaraguan leader ridiculed Reagan's talk. "President Reagan posed as a great judge of the peoples of the world," said Ortega. "Who gave him such power...
...most, the legislators might authorize continued humanitarian aid (food, clothing, medical supplies), and that might enable the contras to stay in the field as an organized force. Though supporters of the contras argue that only the prospect of continued fighting will keep the Sandinistas at the bargaining table, Wright and his colleagues seemed intent on doing nothing that would jeopardize the Central American peace process...
...there. In Managua, Ortega opened discussions with unarmed opposition groups across the political spectrum. These moves are called for in the pact signed by five Central American Presidents, including Ortega, in early August. Under that agreement, cease-fires are to take effect in all countries by Nov. 5, foreign aid to guerrilla movements must cease, and the rebels are to be offered a peaceful role in the political life of newly democratized regimes. Though everlasting peace is not likely to descend on Central America come Nov. 6, the various initiatives will probably show enough progress to strengthen congressional resolve...
...direct negotiations with the U.S. Some State Department officials believe Reagan should take him up on it. They think that with Nicaragua under pressure to carry out the peace plan and get Washington to call off the contra war, the U.S. could strike a deal for reduction of Soviet aid and Cuban military advisers to Nicaragua, as well as other steps guaranteeing that Nicaragua will not become the Soviet-Cuban military base that Reagan fears...
Hundreds of thousands of farm workers migrate each year seeking jobs in the neighboring countries of Ivory Coast and Ghana. Burkina Faso was hit hard by famine in the 1970s and is heavily dependent on foreign aid...