Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sandinista regime. I think that, after more than 40 years of the Somoza dictatorship, the Nicaraguan people deserve something better than another dictatorship of the opposite extreme. In the long run, the consolidation of a Communist system in Nicaragua also becomes a threat to peace. I have no doubt that the Communist government of Nicaragua is not the best for my country. If there's one country the Sandinistas, given their expansionist ideology, must try to discredit as an oasis of democracy and peace, it is mine...
...Sandinista cooperation in peacemaking. If we arrive at an agreement and Nicaragua does not fulfill the obligations of the agreement, then it will put an end to this ambiguity which has permitted the Sandinistas to receive the support of both democratic and totalitarian governments...
...hearings have offered plentiful details about how weapons were surreptitiously shipped to the contras in Nicaragua and to Iran at a time when U.S. law and the Administration's proclaimed policy banned such arms traffic. The 110 hours of public testimony have highlighted certain themes as well: an appalling willingness to stretch and sometimes break laws, to deceive Congress, to conduct the Government's business in furtive ways. And once the secret was out, many of the participants attempted to cover their tracks...
...service stations before the pumps ran dry. The panic buying followed an order by the Marxist-oriented Sandinista government that nearly tripled gas prices and sent the cost of basic goods soaring. Managua acted after announcing three weeks ago that the Soviet Union, which provides virtually all of Nicaragua's oil directly or through Eastern Europe, could supply only 40% of the country's petroleum needs. The Soviets have been surprisingly candid about their aims. Said a high-ranking Mexican official after meeting Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze last December: "He made it clear that the Soviet Union...
...After Nicaragua appeared before the World Court and charged the U.S. with mining its harbors, the Reagan Administration refused to accept the court's order to desist. Considering the atmosphere created by the Government, should we be surprised with the ethics of those in the Administration who have gone astray...