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Ortega said the truce was being canceled because of increased Contra attacks, including one last week he said killed 18 people and another Monday that killed four...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua--President Daniel Ortega ended a 19-month truce with Contra guerrillas yesterday, blaming the United States for renewed rebel attacks and accusing President Bush of "promoting death, assassination, crime and terrorism in Nicaragua...
...Sandinistas are looking for excuses not to hold elections," Contra commander Enrique Bermudez said from Honduras...
...little differently. In a March 4, 1987, speech on the day of the Tower commission report, Reagan said he "didn't ask enough about the specifics of the total Iran plan." In the introduction to the speech in his book, Reagan has a new explanation for the Iran-contra affair. He wonders whether the whole thing was "a setup, a sting operation, by the Iranians." Over to you, Ollie...
...JOSE, Costa Rica--President Bush sat down with Latin American leaders yesterday for a celebration of democracy, but the occasion was marred by word that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega had decided to end a ceasefire with the Contra rebels...