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...phase." The only players who so far seem uninfected by the war bug are the contras. While the CIA and the Sandinista Popular Army ratchet up their plans for what Ortega warns may be "another Viet Nam," the rebels seem content to idle away the hours in their Honduran camps. Two weeks ago, contra military leaders, packing showy chrome and gold-plated pistols, celebrated the reappearance of CIA officials at rebel headquarters near the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa...
...forces and beefed-up electronic intelligence-gathering capabilities, all under the watchful eyes of some 2,500 Soviet and East bloc advisers and technicians, as well as up to 8,000 Cuban military advisers. Still, it may be simply that the relative ease and safety of life in the Honduran camps has dampened the contras' appetite for the guerrilla life. "The U.S. helped corrupt them by offering them better living conditions, free meals and freedom," says a Honduran intelligence official. "They lost the desire to fight...
...with reinforcements coming from camps in Honduras to help contras inside Nicaragua. We crossed ten miles into Honduras and wiped out a base there. Then we went in 35 miles and hit their biggest base. These actions covered 15 days. When pressure from the U.S. was applied on the Honduran government, there was suddenly a Nicaraguan "invasion" of Honduras. President Jose Azcona told me he had information that we were going to use helicopters, and if that were to happen, he would have to use the Honduran air force. I told him not to worry. He never said a word...
...rationale for a buildup was strengthened last month when the U.S. House of Representatives appropriated $100 million in aid for the anti-Sandinista contras. The extent of the military escalation is not clear. U.S. intelligence sources report that Sandinista troops have begun to mass across the border from the Honduran bases where 10,000 to 15,000 contras are encamped. Military exercises now appear to center on the Soviet-built attack and transport helicopters that have proved to be the most effective weapons against the contras. Analysts believe that the Sandinista army may now have as many...
...pastoral visit to Colombia last week. The Pontiff delivered a speech declaring that he found Vega's expulsion a "nearly incredible act" that was reminiscent of the "dark ages," when priests in Latin America were persecuted. Vega, the second-ranking Catholic prelate in Nicaragua, was taken to the Honduran border by Sandinista police on July...