Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Southeast Asia and Central America, those traditional cockpits of superpower rivalry might as well be on the dark side of the moon. There is little regret in Moscow at having lost Nicaragua because few here ever felt they had it in the first place. Not even the famous German question generates much passion. As rapidly as the two Germanys are coming together, the U.S.S.R. is coming apart even faster...
...U.N.O. was a vote for U.S.-financed prosperity. Surely, this argument goes, since Washington spent $312 million over nine years to bankroll the contra rebellion and another $9 million to back Chamorro's campaign, it will now lay out as many lapas verdes as necessary to rebuild Nicaragua's ravaged economy and keep its friends in power...
...hold her breath -- and neither should the Panamanians who are still living in tents four months after their homes in Panama City were destroyed by the U.S. invasion that ousted dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega. True, both House and Senate have approved $420 million for Panama and $300 million for Nicaragua, as part of an omnibus bill increasing spending for projects ranging from space research to grasshopper control. But the aid is below what George Bush wanted and well behind schedule. Bush had called for passage by April...
...subjects -- abortion. The Senate had added to the omnibus bill a provision permitting the District of Columbia to use local public money to fund abortions, despite warnings that it would prompt Bush to veto the whole thing. Faced with that prospect, which could have delayed aid to Panama and Nicaragua for a month, the Senate agreed to delete the abortion provisions from the bill before it is sent to the President...
...Nicaragua too the economy will not wait. Within 48 hours of taking office on April 25, Chamorro felt compelled to devalue the cordoba, doubling prices and intensifying an already raging inflation (1,700% last year). She also must cope with 25% unemployment and an $11 billion foreign debt. Says U.N.O. spokesman Luis Sanchez: "If we don't receive even a minimum amount ((of U.S. aid)) immediately, the situation will become catastrophic. We might as well call up Daniel Ortega and give him back the country...