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...press its attacks on contra bases along Nicaragua's borders in some of the most intense fighting of the more than three-year conflict. Government troops drove the rebels from all of their camps along the San Juan River, which forms part of the country's southern border with Costa Rica. Sandinista bombers then pounded guerrilla communications installations and supply centers for five days...
...past, Sandinista forces usually avoided crossing borders when chasing the rebels, who have been operating from base camps in both Honduras and Costa Rica. But now they seem to have little concern for such formalities. "We are going to keep on destroying the contras," Ortega told workers during a visit to a textile factory Tuesday night, "even though we know that the U.S. will try to take advantage of these confrontations to create greater tensions between us and Honduras and Costa Rica." By crossing the borders in "hot pursuit" of the contras, Nicaraguan soldiers could create a pretext for greater...
...camps near the Nicaraguan border threatened to impede the rebels' efforts to weaken Nicaragua's Marxist-led Sandinista government. In Nicaragua, Sandinista officials irritated Washington both by seeking to set up their own talks with Honduras and by announcing an oil deal with the Soviet Union. In Costa Rica, the Reagan Administration came under increasing criticism for sending Green Berets to a base...
...Reagan Administration was also under fire from many Costa Ricans, including several Legislative Assembly deputies, who are incensed that 21 U.S. military trainers recently arrived to instruct 750 civil guardsmen. Both U.S. and Costa Rican officials say that the three-month program is nothing more than routine police training, and insist that Costa Rica's neutral status (the country has no armed forces) will not be affected. But many in Costa Rica fear that the U.S. presence might signal the first step toward forming an army...
Preliminary contacts to set up the talks, Duarte revealed, are now being arranged in Costa Rica with the help of the Roman Catholic Church. A preparatory meeting, the President said, could be held before he visits the U.S. on May 16. Duarte's seeming confidence is undoubtedly bolstered by the fact that the country's volatile right wing is at its weakest in years and that Salvadoran military leaders are apparently lending him strong support. Indeed, the only criticism of his announcement came from the rebels, who accused Duarte of "irresponsible acts," most likely meaning he had not kept...