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...Christians in Nicaragua who have tried to forge a new church compatible with the aims of the avowedly Marxist Sandinista government and rebuked clergy who have neglected their priestly office to serve the state. Angered that no cross was placed at the site of an outdoor Mass in Managua, he deliberately held his own staff, tipped with a cross, high above the heads of Sandinista leaders seated on the platform. As John Paul delivered his homily, he waved the text defiantly in the air, sometimes shouting the words, as if to prove that he would speak his mind no matter...
Nicaraguan officials candidly admitted that they were embarked on a form of propaganda campaign against the Big Pine maneuvers. Said a Sandinista diplomat in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua: "When there's a well-known rapist in the neighborhood, you scream in order not to suffer...
...small signs that the Sandinistas are growing more self-confident is the disappearance of roving goon squads from Managua streets. The gangs were used to rough up antagonists to the regime and break up opposition political rallies. Now the Sandinistas claim that freedom of assembly is being respected. They also say they are drafting a law that will guarantee a role for opposition political parties, in theory at least. Such progress, however, is likely to be limited as long as the Sandinistas can claim that extraordinary domestic measures are needed to confront foreign threats. Through their protests and actions last...
...basement of a onetime military academy in Managua, there is a dark, unventilated underground prison that can hold 20 people. At the Montelimar military base, there are several underground jails dug into the rocks. They are at sea level. At high tide, the water enters and comes into the cells up to the chest level of the prisoner...
...arrests of Miskitos. About 800 people were detained. A second lieutenant saw an Indian woman among the prisoners and raped her. When this was investigated, the chief of staff pardoned him and transferred him to another unit in Kambla. It was interpreted as a promotion. I was transferred to Managua in August. I was now determined to leave Nicaragua...