Word: nicaragua
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...time for the official campaign for Nicaragua's national elections approached, the ruling Sandinistas faced a unique prospect for a Marxist regime: the chance of winning a new term in office through open and honest balloting. President Daniel Ortega Saavedra had been nominated for re-election in a splashy party convention, and he launched a surprisingly effective grass- roots campaign, while opposition candidate Violeta Barrios de Chamorro got off to a pathetic start. Best of all, the 10,000-man army of insurgent contras, deprived of U.S. military support, was skulking in Honduras under a regional peace accord ordering them...
...This is a very generous option that Nicaragua is proposing," he said. "They have a choice. We are not going to continue declaring a cease-fire as long as this means that we cease and they fire...
...Miami, the Contras announced formation of a new "civilian-military commission" to replace the old directorate, several of whose members have resigned and returned to Nicaragua...
...last direct talks between the Sandinistas and Contras broke down in June 1988. They agreed to a 90-day cease-fire during that session, in March, and Nicaragua had extended it on a monthly basis, with tacit agreement from the Contras...
...Central American peace plan signed August 7 requires Nicaragua to hold free and fair elections by February. U.N. observers say the campaign is proceeding smoothly...