Word: azcona
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hemisphere, Honduras is more than eager to receive the $100 million, as well as the $80 million that Washington is sending this year to strengthen the country's military, which is led by General Humberto Regalado Hernandez. Yet many Hondurans feel that the government of President Jose Azcona Hoyo is forfeiting its stability and independence to gain the Yanqui money...
...crossed ten miles into Honduras and wiped out a base there. Then we went in 35 miles and hit their biggest base. These actions covered 15 days. When pressure from the U.S. was applied on the Honduran government, there was suddenly a Nicaraguan "invasion" of Honduras. President Jose Azcona told me he had information that we were going to use helicopters, and if that were to happen, he would have to use the Honduran air force. I told him not to worry. He never said a word about the other fighting. It was not until there was tremendous pressure from...
...relations within Central America. We held a 14-hour meeting of the five Presidents in May, with no one else present in the room. Azcona said that he told U.S. envoys that they should get the contras out of Honduras because they only caused him problems, and that they were getting nowhere in their military campaign. He also asked Nicaragua to understand that he could not simply chase out the contras, because Honduras is reliant...
...departure of the British military from Libya turned into a celebration of Gaddafi's latest skirmish with the U.S. In Nicaragua citizens enjoyed Holy Week by going to the beach, apparently unconcerned about the battle raging along the Honduran border. Nor did the President of Honduras, Jose Azcona Hoyo, seem overly concerned that his country was being invaded. He too went to the seashore for a vacation. For that matter, Reagan made no attempt to maintain a crisis atmosphere; at week's end he headed to his California ranch for Easter, stopping in New Orleans...