Word: central
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with the allegations against him mounting and his support at home diminishing, the Reagan Administration is now debating whether such support is wise. It may undermine U.S. attempts to be seen as tough on drug trafficking, vigilant against high- technology theft and credible in its call for democracy in Central America...
...Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is looking into similar accusations. In addition, Ramon Milian Rodriguez, a Cuban-American convicted in 1985 of drug-related charges, has testified in closed hearings to a congressional committee that Noriega pocketed millions of dollars in commissions on drug profits that passed through Panama's central bank...
Their stated mission was to educate, not to interfere. But the State Department advisers who traveled to Central America last week had more in mind than a polite review of the peace accord that five Central American nations, including Nicaragua, signed in Guatemala City in early August. U.S. officials admitted that their goal was to slow progress on the peace plan, which, as far as the Reagan Administration is concerned, should never have been adopted in the first place. Said a U.S. diplomat: "It's like trying to put the brakes on a runaway train heading downhill...
...diplomatic maneuvers looked a bit flat-footed, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra seemed to execute several deft pirouettes. He announced that three exiled priests could return to Nicaragua and hinted that the Roman Catholic Church's radio station might be reopened within 90 days. Some Central American officials speculated that Ortega was merely trying to embarrass the Reagan Administration; others argued that with Nicaragua's economy a shambles, Ortega was genuinely bent on procuring peace. Whatever the case, on the public relations front, conceded a U.S. official, "the Sandinistas have certainly done much better than we have...
...could only reject, then ask Congress for new contra funding before the current aid expires on Sept. 30. But the scheme went awry. Three days later, when the Presidents of El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua met in Guatemala City to discuss a homegrown peace proposal, the Central American leaders allied with the U.S. felt compelled to sign their version. "What were we supposed to do?" asks a Honduran official. "Be the only ones not for peace?" One major difference between the two pacts: the Reagan-Wright plan calls upon the Sandinistas to negotiate directly with the contras...