Word: nicaragua
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...Reagan's charges that Nicaragua supports terrorism and drug trafficking, commits atrocities and represses its people. He is lying to the American people. He loses credibility when he behaves this...
...House vote. It causes us no happiness. We have no reason to applaud. The threat to Nicaragua is still there. U.S. troops are present in Honduras. The U.S. had a warship 60 miles off of Puerto Corinto. This is threatening...
...intentions. The U.S. is at war with Nicaragua. It is not formal, but it is open. First, Reagan got $27 million in humanitarian assistance; now he is asking for military advisers on the ground with the mercenaries. (The contras) haven't been able to advance with the $27 million, they won't be able to advance with the advice, so the U.S. will have to put combat units with them. When they do so, U.S. troops will...
...diplomacy. We will never negotiate with the contras. We are prepared to negotiate and discuss with the chief of the contras, Ronald Reagan, and his functionaries. If the U.S. feels that Nicaragua is a threat to its interests in the region, we will look for mechanisms of security so the U.S. feels secure. Nicaragua's internal situation cannot be negotiated...
...what he would say to Reagan personally. I would invite him to normalize relations with Nicaragua, to have a friendly policy. I would invite him to convert himself into a factor for peace in Latin America and the world. If he says he is a Christian, that he believes in God, he could have a more Christian policy. He could be more humble. He could try a new type of relationship with a revolutionary government, a government that is not a threat to the United States...