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...with some candor, trying, though not always successfully, to steer clear of revolutionary jargon. Appearing before the United Nations Security Council, he appealed for U.N. endorsement of a recent World Court decision that called for Washington to stop supporting the contra rebels. "We do not want confrontation," he declared. "Nicaragua is willing to engage immediately in negotiations with...
...Reagan Administration was not impressed. Vernon Walters, chief U.S. delegate to the U.N., called the offer for negotiations a "lie." He charged that Nicaragua's Sandinista regime was "laying the groundwork for a one-party state." His Nicaraguan counterpart, Nora Astorga in turn accused Walters of "repeating the same distortions and lies" in order to disguise an illegal U.S. policy of aggression. Walters countered, "Is it a lie that the Sandinistas have sought to destroy the democratic labor movement? Is it a lie that the Sandinistas have sought to crush Nicaragua's private sector?" Within moments, Ortega's appeal...
Ever since the U.S. House of Representatives approved a $100 million package of contra aid six weeks ago, those breezes have been freshening on both sides. In Nicaragua, warnings of a Yanqui invasion have become louder than ever, and the Pacific port of Corinto has been bustling with new shipments of Soviet arms. U.S. intelligence estimates that by the end of November, Nicaragua's 119,000-strong armed forces will have up to 60 Soviet armored helicopters. In Washington, officials have said that as soon as the Senate approves the aid money, the CIA will resume operational control...
Realistically, the contras cannot be expected to bring down Central America's largest and most powerful fighting machine anytime soon. "The question is not whether the contras can win," says one U.S. official. "The real question is whether the contras can be a viable military force within Nicaragua." U.S. officials are already predicting that the contras will hit Congress for more aid a year from now. If they hope to get a hearing, they will have to prove that they are more than marauders...
Such a national image is hard to reconcile with the U.S. government's current policy, especially towards Nicaragua...