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...James Sasser (D-Tenn.), leading the Democratic response to Reagan, agreed with much of the President's view of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, but said it was time for negotiation, not military build-up. Sasser has proposed compromise legislation that would give the Sandinistas time to talk...
...Using Nicaragua as a base, the Soviets and Cubans can become the dominant power in the crucial corridor between North and South America. Established there, they will be in a position to threaten the Panama Canal, interdict our vital Caribbean sea lanes, and, ultimately, move against Mexico...
Displaying a map of the region and an airfield photo from Nicaragua, the President charged members of the ruling Sandinista regime with selling illegal drugs to Americans, using their country as a terrorist command post and threatening the security of the Western alliance by seeking to spread revolution through Central America to the Panama Canal...
Reagan calls the Contras "freedom fighters" and has compared them to the Founding Fathers. He claims supporting their war against the Sandinista government is the only hope for democracy in Nicaragua. But the truth about the rebels is not so glorious...
Waging war in rural areas along the northern and southern borders of Nicaragua, the Contras have taken more than 14,000 lives--most of them civilians--since 1980. The rebels have concentrated on civilian targets, killing coffee pickers, razing agricultural cooperatives and assassinating local officials. Several independent human rights groups--some of which have backed their reports with affadavits from eyewitnesses--have implicated the Contras in numerous incidents of raping, torturing and killing unarmed civilians...