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...added three more Sandinistas to her Cabinet and announced a new economic plan with emphasis on social issues that appeals to the Sandinistas -- plus a 20% devaluation of the cordoba and a freeze on government spending. Fed up, U.N.O. officially broke with Chamorro, and marched through the streets of Managua vowing to drive her from power. When she inaugurated the year's first National Assembly session Sunday, U.N.O. boycotted, leaving the 39 Sandinista Deputies and eight U.N.O. holdouts to form a new majority. The Sandinistas, the largest political force in the country, again have de facto control over Nicaragua...
...statue of Columbus on the elegant main avenue, Paseo de la Reforma. Mass demonstrations also occurred in Bolivia and Chile. In Buenos Aires some native people staged a three-day hunger strike that ended on Columbus Day in front of the Casa Rosada, the Argentine presidential palace. And in Managua, Nicaragua, a poster branded Columbus A BIG THIEF, MURDERER, RACIST, TORTURER, OPPRESSOR OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND INSTIGATOR...
...Managua called urgently for international assistance, and several countries, including the U.S., responded with money and supplies. President Violetta Chamorro also asked Washington to resume its assistance program, which was abruptly cut off last spring to underline U.S. displeasure over the continuing political influence of leftist Sandinistas...
...miles west of Little Rock. In 1984 Seal played a part in Oliver North's campaign to prove that the Sandinista government was in league with Colombia's Medellin cocaine cartel. In exchange for a reduced sentence on drug-smuggling charges, Seal flew his C-123 transport plane to Managua and picked up 750 kilos of cocaine from a high-ranking Sandinista official, recording the transaction with hidden cameras...
...Made in Managua offers a simple, contemporary account of a single American's brief encounter with the tumult of Central American politics. Maushard effectively provides us with an unpolished, but rewarding portrait of Nicaragua. Although his brief account is not particularly insightful, it paints a memorable picture of something most Americans will never know...