Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...United States is upset that the accords set such an early date for the disbanding of the Nicaraguan rebels, as Secretary of State James A. Baker III told Costa Rican President Oscar Arias-Sanchez. Bush Administration officials prefer that the program take effect after the February 25 elections in Nicaragua...
Allowing the Contras to exist until the election would improve the chances of success for the democratic reforms in Nicaragua. But, if the Contras are dismantled ahead of time, there is no way for observers to guarantee that reforms will occur. Under the accords, the plan would be implemented by a group made up of representatives from the United Nations and the Organization of American States...
EXPERTS say the accords, signed in Tela, Honduras, by the leaders of Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Guatemala, signal the end of the Contras. Most assuredly, the United States will not be able to wield as much influence in the region when the threat of the Contras no longer exists...
...with its influence over the Contras, the Bush Administration could force Nicaragua to keep its promise of democratic reforms--starting with the February 25 elections...
More time is needed to work out the proposal's logistics and determine further whether Nicaragua's promises of democratic reform are legitimate. It will certainly take more than four months to be successful...