Word: contra
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...with its secretive nature and its history of undermining the foreign policy aims of our nation's elected representatives--as well as basic international law--should not receive the legitimacy of associating itelf with one of the world's leading institutions of liberal education. The recent Iran-contra affair patently showed how the CIA can corrupt U.S. foreign policy...
...Nicaragua, the Sandinistas provided no reception for opponents who had flown to the region from the U.S. In fact, they never allowed them into Nicaraguan territory at all. Contra Leaders Alfonso Robelo and Maria Azucena Ferrey tried to reach Managua last week to present counterproposals to the cease-fire conditions that the Sandinistas had drawn up to fulfill the terms of the peace plan. The contras had planned to hand their proposals directly to Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, who is expected to mediate between the guerrillas and the government. Forbidden to enter Nicaraguan territory unless they accept amnesty from...
...Special U.S. Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh probes the intricacies of the Iran- contra affair, he is receiving invaluable help from Switzerland. Among the potentially incriminating documents he is studying are thousands of pages of Swiss bank records relating to Geneva accounts once controlled by Lieut. Colonel Oliver North and other alleged conspirators. The relative speed and alacrity with which Switzerland turned over the records may have surprised many Americans, who have always considered the Swiss bank account to be synonymous with anonymity and protection. Is money held in the vaults of Zurich and Geneva no longer safe from the prying eyes...
...confusing answer: sometimes yes and sometimes no. Switzerland has always been willing to help the U.S. track down criminals who used Swiss accounts to stash their loot. But the two countries do not always agree on what constitutes a crime. In the Iran-contra case, there was no problem: North and his associates are accused of fraud, which is clearly a crime in Switzerland. Tax evasion, though, is not against Swiss law. An American who underreports his income can still hide the extra money from the Internal Revenue Service by putting it in a Swiss account...
Reagan is in no such happy position. Since Reykjavik the President has suffered one disaster after another: loss of the Senate to the Democrats; the Iran-contra debacle; increasingly bold and successful congressional opposition on everything from taxes to funding of SDI and the Nicaraguan rebels. But as the end of his presidency approaches, Reagan seems to regard the INF treaty as his legacy to history and a vindication of his whole approach to foreign policy. Says an aide: "This treaty shows the wisdom of Reagan's tough way of dealing with the Soviets...