Word: managua
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Managua, President Daniel Ortega cast a skeptical eye on the House vote. "Nicaragua cannot let down its guard," he warned. Rather than promoting the peace process, Ortega condemned the governments of El Salvador and Honduras for lending assistance to the contras. Rather than offering an olive branch to the opposition parties, Ortega called on them to "straighten...
...Managua, the accent was also on conciliation. Autonomy talks between the Sandinistas and the largest armed group of Miskito Indians resumed after a hiatus of almost three years. The Sandinistas authorized 14 radio and print organizations to begin or resume operations, and released U.S. Pilot James Denby, whose plane was shot down over Nicaragua two months ago. The Sandinistas downed another craft last weekend, this one a DC-6 contra-supply plane, which resulted in at least four deaths. The one captured crew member, Alejandro Sanchez, confirmed Nicaraguan charges that contra-supply operations continue to operate out of Honduras' Swan...
Reichler points out that he has disagreed with several of Managua's policies. "A good lawyer," he argues, "represents clients, not causes." True, but Reichler now has a paternal interest as well in the Nicaraguans. In 1984 he and his wife adopted a Nicaraguan baby. Her name is Jessica Danielle, in honor of Reichler's good friend, President Daniel Ortega Saavedra...
...States to walk a delicate tightrope. Because the aid would be administered by an international agency such as the Red Cross, the U.S. would not violate the provisions of the Arias Plan prohibiting aid to anti-government rebels. And the Administration would preserve the contras as a lever, pressuring Managua into compliance with its part of the bargain...
...Republicans warned that the action would relieve part of the pressure on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega which they contend has forced him into recent concessions. The aid cut-off would allow Managua to slip backwards into renewed repression, the president's congressional supporters charged...