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...message that was beamed to guerrillas in the field over a rebel radio station. Three days later Reagan met with contra leaders in Los Angeles. In Washington, officials criticized the Sandinistas, issuing statements of support for imprisoned Nicaraguans who had embarked on a hunger strike and finding fault with Managua's attempts to comply with provisions of the peace accord...
...weapons on Nov. 7, nor would they accept an amnesty offered by Ortega. During their meeting with Reagan, the contra leaders proposed that the President secure renewed funding from Congress, then place the military portion of that aid in an escrow account. The money would become available only if Managua broke the cease-fire. Though the Administration refused to commit itself to the suggestion, Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams called it "basically a good idea...
...Nicaragua, Ortega went to unusual lengths to demonstrate his commitment to the Guatemala agreement. His boldest gesture was to name Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, one of the Sandinistas' harshest critics, to a four-person commission that will oversee Managua's compliance with the plan. While State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley applauded Obando's appointment, she charged that "the Sandinistas have stacked the council in their favor...
...Interior Minister Tomas Borge seemed to try to undercut Ortega's public relations offensive last week. After Ortega announced that the priests could return, Borge declared that the 30-day jail sentences imposed on two opposition leaders last month were "not commutable." Their crime: staging a protest rally in Managua without a permit. Sandinista officials privately acknowledged that police use of electric prods and attack dogs to break up the rally had been heavy-handed...
Ortega seems eager, however, to give at least the appearance of cooperation. He quickly formed the Nicaraguan version of the "national reconciliation commission" that each country must set up to monitor compliance with the pact. He invited opposition political groups and Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, the archbishop of Managua, to nominate candidates for the four-person panel. As a friendly gesture to Arias, Nicaragua dropped its lawsuit in the World Court charging Costa Rica with violating international law by harboring contras...