Word: managua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Latin American nations' call for increased dialogue and decreased reliance on military methods is their remedy for mounting tensions in the war-torn region. Specifically, they encouraged the resumption of talks between Washington and Managua that were cut off in 1984. They also endorsed the removal from Central America of foreign advisors and military bases and offered guarantees for the establishment of democratic governments, addressing two of the Reagan Administration's major complaints about the Sandinistas...
Administration officials have said repeatedly they have no plans to invade Nicaragua, but they are making a concentrated effort to gain congressional support for $100 million in aid for rebel groups trying to overthrow the Sandinista regime in Managua...
Director: (Laughing) About as much chance as a contra snowman has in Managua...
...backward nations could learn a lesson from the "moral fortitude of [South African Prime Minister] Pete Botha's regime," which he calls "the moral equivalent of our Founding Fathers." He adds that the approval of $6 million in aid to the Nicaraguan contras, on the condition that they bomb Managua's leading manufacturer of designer sunglasses, is "a victory for the United St--I mean, democracy everywhere...
...Ortega admitted that the bonds between the two countries run deep. "We are not trying to eradicate the North American social and cultural influence," he said. "We would like to have relations with the U.S. as good as those we hold with the Soviet Union." As he drove into Managua, Ortega grew reflective. "We need peace," he said. "The future of the children is not the best here in Nicaragua...