Word: miskitos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your article on Nicaragua, "A Whole New Universe" [Jan. 18], cites "sketchy local reports" of the killing of a number of Miskito Indians by members of the Nicaraguan army...
...president of the National Commission on Refugees denied on Jan. 6 that the killing ever took place, stating that "there has not been a single problem or a single death." In addition, a fact-finding mission of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees into areas in Honduras where the Miskito Indians live found "no evidence of violence, fighting or kidnaping." We have, however, provided concrete evidence (namely the bodies of Nicaraguan civilians) of aggressions by former members of Somoza's army, who launch raids into Nicaragua from Honduran territory with the support of some officers of the Honduran army...
Following the discovery of a plan by counterrevolutionary groups in Honduras to increase their attacks upon Miskito Indian villages in the border region, the inhabitants of the area were relocated to communities in the interior. Schools, health clinics, potable water have all been provided. Reagan Administration spokesmen, however, continue to call this repression so as to discredit Nicaragua and further justify U.S. support to the tottering government of El Salvador...
TIME was inaccurate in saying that Nicaraguan troops violated the Honduran border, but stands by its report that Nicaraguan soldiers fired on and killed Miskito Indians who were trying to avoid a roundup by crossing the river to reach Honduras...
...contention denied by Nicaragua--that the leftist government there is Moscow's puppet and supplies arms to guerrillas fighting the U.S. backed Duarte regime in El. Salvador Reagan is also concerned by the substantial Nicaraguan arms buildup and with reported human rights violations against the rightist opposition and the Miskito Indians. Yet Washington has failed to substantiate its accusations. Nor has the State Department made any attempt to view the world through Nicaraguan eyes. Seen from Managua, the present danger is hardly the same one perceived by our foreign policy leaders...