Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--President Reagan, casting a skeptical eye upon moves toward peace in Central America, wants renewed Contra aid as an "insurance policy" against backsliding by Nicaragua, his spokesman says...
...Calero for political reasons. "INCAR was committed to shutting Calero down. Many people made various efforts to get in. I was one of the people who was able to," he said. "Calero's a facist and he's one of the the principal players in organizing and lobbying for aid from the U.S. Congress...
...something else from her boss: notice that she was not complying with hotel policy against "extreme and unusual hairstyles." After being dismissed, Tatum filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, thus marking what may be the first discrimination case based on hair. Tatum has since enlisted the aid of Jesse Jackson, who has promised not to stay in the chain's hotels during his presidential campaign unless the dispute is settled...
...eight-day visit. The most important stop and clearly the most difficult was the Oval Office. In a 20-minute chat, Arias and Reagan struggled to avoid stumbling over their obvious disagreements. The two Presidents were able to join in endorsing a proposal for $3.5 million in nonlethal U.S. aid for the contras. The appropriation, approved the following day by the House, is intended to tide them over until the Nov. 7 start of a regional cease-fire called for by the Guatemala plan. Reagan and his Costa Rican guest also agreed that a unilateral truce promised last week...
...closing of La Prensa last year was seen as a Sandinista rebuke to the U.S. after Congress approved $100 million in contra aid; similarly, the paper's sudden rebirth seemed to be directed at the White House. But Publisher Chamorro made it clear that she would reopen the paper on her terms, not the Sandinistas'. She said she recently received an unexpected visit from Ortega. His message: La Prensa could resume publication. Her response: "I'll never go to that censorship office again." Ortega agreed. A subsequent visit by Agrarian Reform Minister Jaime Wheelock Roman, however, indicated that the Sandinistas...