Word: nicaragua
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...long years, we've had this senseless policy of sending our tax dollars to soldiers in Nicaragua," Gephardt said. "Last Wednesday night we decided in the House of Representatives that we couldn't wait untilNovember to change America...
President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, meanwhile, pressed Nicaragua's case abroad. After a quick stop in Cuba, Ortega continued on to Europe. In Madrid, he invited Spain to join his recently proposed international commission to monitor Nicaragua's compliance with the peace plan. Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez accepted, provided that other Central American leaders approved Spain's participation. Ortega then flew to Rome, where he had a 30-minute private audience with Pope John Paul II. It was the first meeting between the two men since the Pontiff's tense visit to Nicaragua in 1983, and the welcome was decidedly chilly...
...month-long cease-fire, confines armed contras to three zones, prohibits delivery of military aid and requires the rebels to lay down their arms at the end of the month. The contra plan was far more audacious. It demands that the Sandinistas share power with the contras and Nicaragua's internal opposition. The contras said they were not even willing ! to consider a cease-fire until the Sandinistas make extensive changes in the constitution. Though the two sides agreed to meet again next week, they seemed no closer to a settlement...
...which underscores the incredibly ambitious task facing the Arias Peace Plan. Despite all the lofty rhetoric that prevailed in the House chamber this week, the chances of bringing peace and democracy to Nicaragua, a country that has never known either, remain slim. Forty years of Somoza rule and another eight of a communist regime have left the country with precious little democratic institutions and heritage...
...only way the United States can possibly hope to achieve peace in Central America and to bring about the stirrings of democracy in Nicaragua is through military, diplomatic, and economic pressure on the Sandinista regime--while still honoring the Arias Plan. This does not demand a continuation of the contra war, but a recognition that some military pressure exist to prod the Sandinistas into opening up their political system. While it is naive to expect the Sandinistas to agree to a coalition government including the rebels, it is certainly not unjustified to let the Nicaraguan people decide on its government...