Word: coronel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...testimony, the justices ruled, violated the defendants' constitutional protections against self-incrimination. If allowed to stand, the decision would deal a fatal blow to the prosecution. To many it was seen as leading to Ver's acquittal. Ver's lawyer, Antonio Coronel, said that he intends to move for dismissal of the charges, declaring that "you don't defend yourself against nothing." A possible appeal by the prosecution is under study...
...territory. The extent of contra successes remained difficult to determine. The rebels claim to control nearly 6,000 sq. mi. of Nicaraguan territory, with strong support from the peasantry, and to operate freely in an additional 2,700-sq.mi. area. But one of the F.D.N.'s leaders, Edgar Chamorro Coronel, declared to TIME last week that "to achieve a victory we would need not 8,000 fighters, but 25,000, and people to rise up in greater numbers." Nonetheless, the contras can cause trouble for the Sandinistas so long as the U.S. continues to supply covert aid. In Nicaragua...