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...post-cold war world: a dearth of active heroes and of crackling issues. Ronald Reagan was yesteryear's big draw, taking the conservative movement into the White House and redefining American politics. But now that the Reagan revolution is rooted in Washington and peaceful revolutions are wasting reds in Nicaragua, Eastern Europe and even Moscow, conservatives are left with a listless, morning-after feeling...
Even as Congress and the Administration debate ways to assist the fledgling free nations that were once part of the Soviet orbit, the implicit assumption is that the U.S., with its sophisticated political systems, can again serve as the arsenal of democracy. From the Philippines in 1986 to Nicaragua last month, no one can gainsay the worth of impartial poll watchers and international inspection teams. But there is also a missionary strain in the American psyche that can inadvertently trample on foreign customs and cultures under the guise of strengthening democratic institutions. As the Hungarian experience suggests, democracy...
...Nicaragua's civil war is supposed to be over. But contra commander Ciguena, as he calls himself, is in no rush to return to the civilian life he abandoned eight years ago to take up arms against the Sandinistas. As he sat beneath a tree in the dusty backwater village of San Marcos in northern Nicaragua last week, Ciguena, 25, explained that he supports Violeta Chamorro, whose National Opposition Union (U.N.O.) defeated the Sandinistas at the polls two weeks ago. But Chamorro has called on the contras to disband, and Ciguena doubts that she can function as President without...
...part because of pressure from the Bush Administration, which is concerned that Chamorro's inauguration may be derailed by the contras' intransigence, the rebel leaders are trying to appear reasonable. They have said they are willing to dismantle their forces, and though they talk of the need to "demilitarize" Nicaragua, they have dropped their initial condition that the Sandinista People's Army disarm simultaneously. Insists the group's chief negotiator, Oscar Sobalvarro: "The only thing that interests our people is to be able to go back without reprisals...
...sprawling bungalow in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa last week, the contras opened discussions on the terms of their disengagement with representatives of the U.N.O. and the Roman Catholic Church. Honduras is the grudging host to some 10,000 contra troops; up to 4,000 other fighters operate in Nicaragua. The contras' concern for their safety was heightened last week when fighting between Sandinista soldiers and rebels broke out in central and northern Nicaragua; each side accuses the other of provoking the conflict...