Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--President Reagan declared today the United States must give Nicaragua's Contra rebels "what they need to survive" and said prospects for peace in Centra America depend on keeping pressure on the leftist Sandinista government...
...attempts to assert American force have twitched a neo-isolationist nerve. Only easy knockouts like Grenada seem tolerable, and then only if done so quickly that television has no time to bring the carnage into the house. But for the experience of Viet Nam, the U.S. might have invaded Nicaragua by now; the threat there is more immediate, the logistics easier. Instead, the battle is waged by proxy, sloppily and tentatively and erratically. "Involvement" and "commitment" have become dangerous words, alive with the demons...
...November, restoration of civil liberties and a dialogue with all opposition groups once they have laid down arms. Though the White House promptly criticized the Arias plan as unenforceable and thus dangerous, his measure undeniably superseded the Washington blueprint. Even Wright abandoned Reagan and called U.S. demands on Nicaragua "ridiculous...
...details certainly sounded impressive. According to contra leaders, more than 4,000 U.S.-backed rebels crept for days through dense jungle to launch a fierce surprise attack on three mining towns in northeastern Nicaragua. In the hamlet of Siuna, the invaders routed 750 defenders, blew up an airfield and seized enough Soviet-made weapons to supply 1,000 troops. Their biggest coup was the destruction of a Soviet GCI radar unit that formed the heart of Sandinista air defenses for the region. Jubilant rebel leaders called the two- day assault the most successful offensive of the six-year civil...
...talks in the Dominican Republic capital of Santo Domingo. The negotiations broke down within hours; the contras insisted on talking directly with the Sandinistas, and Managua said it would bargain only through advisers. "We are at an impasse," said Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nicaragua, who serves as a mediator between the belligerent parties. The two sides agreed to a two-day Christmas truce, but Sandinistas accused the contras of numerous violations. The rebels denied the charges. In Managua, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra angrily blamed the U.S. for sabotaging the talks by aiding...