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...prevent clashes between Sandinista forces and U.S.-backed contras based in Costa Rica. The arrangement is designed to avoid incidents like the shooting deaths of two Costa Rican guardsmen last May, which resulted in abruptly severed diplomatic relations. Reason: San Jose blamed the violence on Sandinista troops, while Managua blamed the contras...
...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...