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...Managua, a Sandinista Foreign Ministry communique declared that Nicaraguan troops had fired on an "intruding" helicopter but said nothing about shooting Schwab on Honduran soil. Nonetheless, the Nicaraguans announced they would conduct a full investigation. "The government deplores this incident and expresses its condolences to the pilot's family," said the official communique. It also expressed the hope "that this casualty will not be used as a pretext to aggravate the already critical situation in Central America." On that point, at least, Managua and Washington appeared to be in agreement...
...surface there are signs of movement in the long-frozen relations between the two countries. Shultz's new softer tone was prompted by a series of announcements and a few specific actions by the Sandinista regime that sound, and may ultimately prove to be, substantive. The Managua government said that it plans to hold democratic elections in 1985, and that the long electoral process will begin next month. It announced a limited amnesty for Nicaraguans who fled the country after taking part in fighting or other "illegal activities" against the government since July 1979. If they return, it promised...
...writers, clergymen, nuns, computer programmers, retirees and students tumble off the afternoon Aeronica flight from Miami, loosening ties and donning VIVA SANDING! T shirts in anticipation of tropical heat and revolutionary fervor. The itinerary includes weekly "face the people" meetings that Nicaraguan leaders usually hold in poor barrios of Managua. "We are ashamed, truly ashamed, as U.S. citizens, about the Reagan Administration policy toward Nicaragua," proclaimed Paula Braverman, a San Francisco physician, at a recent rally...
Despite recent peace feelers by Managua to Washington, most of the pro-Sandinista solidarity groups see little chance that U.S. policy will change. But the Yankees have no intention of going home. Says Witness for Peace Spokesman Dennis Marker: "We are prepared to continue our vigil until the U.S. ends its support of the contras...
...Managua's attempts at conciliation in spite of this Administration's policy of confrontation was an ideal opening for Washington to come to a settlement with the Sandanistas. After all, the Nicaraguans were the ones backing down, an all important consideration given Reagan's John Wayne style of diplomacy. And the increasing criticism from this country of Salvadoran human rights excesses appeared of late to be producing a few positive results: for example, the Ministry of Defense transfered and demoted several officers accused of rights violations, including the intelligence heads of the Treasury Police--noted rights abusers--and the National...