Word: managua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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TIME's continuing concern about events in Nicaragua is reflected once again in this week's cover stories on the controversy over U.S. aid to the contra rebels fighting the Marxist-leaning Sandinista regime. That interest prompted the magazine to station a full-time correspondent in Managua, Nicaragua's capital, more than half a year ago to maintain a firsthand perspective on the country's policies and problems...
...correspondent is Laura Lopez, who spent 3 1/2 years as a TIME reporter in Mexico City, then eagerly moved to Nicaragua after 18 months as a staff writer and correspondent in New York City. "When TIME asked me to open a sub- bureau in Managua, I jumped at the chance," says Lopez. "During short, dark midwinter Manhattan afternoons, reading reports from my colleagues in Central America, I missed the sun, the unpredictability, the adventure, even the chaos...
...rafters all night long." Other TIME correspondents and editors have reported on Nicaragua's civil war from both sides. For this week's stories, Mexico City Bureau Chief Harry Kelly and Washington Correspondent David Halevy visited with both the Sandinistas and the contras. Last month, Lopez was joined in Managua for several days by Staff Writer Jill Smolowe, who has been the author of many stories on Central America since she came to TIME ten months ago. She too was seeking a firsthand look, which helped her in writing this week's major story on Nicaragua under the Sandinistas...
...days after the House of Representatives rejected Reagan's request for aid to the contras, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega forsook his usual morning jog to sit down in a wellappointed sitting room next to his Managua office for an interview with TIME Correspondent Laura Lopez. Casually dressed and sporting a black Swatch watch, Ortega was relaxed and open, although half a dozen armed guards lurked just outside the door. Excerpts from his remarks...
Compared with the New York City subways or the dark alleys of Mexico City, the streets of Managua are remarkably safe. Police are courteous, and people feel free to come and go, anywhere, day or night. At government-hosted "Face the People" forums, citizens bellyache about everything from food shortages to the draft without fear of reprisal. Moreover, the country has an array of political parties, church groups and civic organizations from which to choose. In comparison with many East bloc countries, Nicaragua is not the "totalitarian camp" of which President Reagan speaks...