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...American public know us," said Chamorro. "We are here with great optimism and hope that the American government, and more important, the American people, will back us in our fight." Other groups arguing the contra cause include Lehrman's Citizens for America and the Council on Inter-American Security, a conservative organization that held a Nicaraguan Freedom Gala at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. An organization called the Nicaraguan Refugee Fund is planning a $250-a-plate dinner in Washington this week; the diverse guest list includes Jeane Kirkpatrick, Oscar de la Renta and Wayne Newton. The special guest: Ronald Reagan...
...proposal. I am going to Nicaragua to see what possibilities there are for a national dialogue that would permit the incorporation of opposition groups into (those sanctioned by Nicaragua's) new constitution. Such a dialogue is very difficult, but Nicaragua finds itself in a very grave economic situation. The Inter-American Development Bank is considering a Nicaraguan application for resources; the U.S. has opposed the request. We feel it should be approved...
...objectives was to persuade Saddam to renew diplomatic relations with Egypt, which were severed in 1977 at a time when Egypt was making peace overtures toward Israel. He was not quite ready to take that step at the moment, Saddam told his visitors; what really mattered in inter-Arab ties, he said, was not "an official formula" but what was in "our hearts and consciences." Translation: he has not forgotten that since the gulf war began in 1980, Egypt has sold Iran about $1 billion worth of arms, including large amounts of secondhand Soviet-made equipment...
...more direct effort to squeeze the Nicaraguan government, the U.S. has opposed a proposal by the Inter-American Development Bank, a lending institution supported by 43 nations, to grant a $58 million loan to that country. Secretary of State George Shultz personally expressed "strong opposition" to the loan, claiming that it would enable the Sandinistas to "free other money that could be used to help consolidate the Marxist regime and finance Nicaragua's aggression against its neighbors." The bank's top officers agreed to reconsider the loan...
...world. But the cost Kilson would have Blacks pay is, for many, too high. The price is for Blacks to forsake their very identity as a race in order to get ahead. The price is to give up Black friendships we have formed out of choice in favor of "inter-ethnic" ties for the sake of future financial contacts. Kilson's argument makes perfect monetary sense but true friendships should be of a higher order...