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...year, thereby testing the Sandinista government's ability to survive. In the past few weeks, however, the contras' advance has been reversed. With the help of 3,000 fresh troops, the Sandinistas have driven the F.D.N. back to a narrow ribbon of bases along the Honduran border...
...killing of the two Americans provoked a volley of charges and counter-charges between Honduras and Nicaragua. The Honduran government, which quietly allows the CIA to provide assistance to the contras based within its borders, accused the Sandinistas of violating Honduran sovereignty. The Nicaraguans, who claim to be at a disadvantage in the border fighting because they do not pursue the contras into their Honduran sanctuaries, denied responsibility for the killings. The incident, nonetheless, revealed just how precarious the situation has become along the mountainous border between the two countries...
...strategically important San Vicente province and prepared to stay a while to create a shield for a government-sponsored effort to rebuild schools, roads and medical centers. In Honduras, 100 U.S. advisers arrived last week to train Salvadoran troops, against a backdrop of new clashes on the Honduran-Nicaraguan border. "The Honduran question is getting some attention right now," said an Administration official, referring to the danger of war between Nicaragua and Honduras. "If you had 15,000 to 20,000 Cuban troops in Nicaragua, you might do something bold." That unsettling possibility certainly seemed remote enough, but late last...
...abuses are considerably exaggerated and points out that the men responsible for the trade-union murders were quickly brought to trial. Alvarez, as he sees it, has been forced to respond to the dramatic upsurge of leftist terrorism that followed the return to civilian rule. Last year, for example, Honduran leftists hijacked a domestic airliner and later held 100 businessmen and government leaders captive in the San Pedro Sula Chamber of Commerce building. Honduran security police have also uncovered "safe houses" used by El Salvador's guerrillas to store guns and radio transmitters...
...Honduran military leaders are particularly concerned about a marked buildup in the Nicaraguan army, which now numbers 25,000, compared with the 11,500-member Honduran force. They point out that the Nicaraguans have stationed tanks within easy striking distance of Honduras, while Honduran troops have been kept away from the border. The Sandinista junta has made no secret of its interest in making trouble for the U.S.-backed government in Tegucigalpa. In April, Nicaragua's government-controlled press gave prominent coverage to the founding of a new coalition of Honduran guerrillas, the National Unity Directorate of the Revolutionary...