Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps the President is completely ignorant of the situation in Nicaragua, believing that all Nicaraguans who do not support the Sandinistas are contras or contra sympathizers. More likely, the problem is that Reagan sees everything in terms of the bipolar struggle arena...
WASHINGTON--The House yesterday killed a $30 million package of purely "humanitarian" aid for Nicaragua's Contras that had been pushed by Democrats as a way to ease pressure for future military aid for the rebels...
Earlier, the speaker had called the dispute over the aid package "a battle for peace in Nicaragua, and for a constructive role for the United States in Central America as opposed to a destructive role...
...opportunity today is to construct a united position on Nicaragua policy for the first time in eight years," said Rep. Lee Hamilton (D-Ind.), a sponsor of the Democratic package...
Cease-fire talks between the two warring sides were stalled, and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed for the first time holding high-level direct talks inside Nicaragua, without Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, who has been serving as a mediator...