Word: nicaragua
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...REAGAN Administration's insistence on military intervention in Nicaragua is leading to disaster. The administration's stated aim is to topple the Nicaraguan government, but in the single-minded pursuit of that goal the U.S. government is ignoring opportunities for a peaceful resolution of the tensions in Central America...
...from causing their removal. For the last six years under the auspices of the CIA and the Argentine military, Contras have bombed ports, bridges, and petroleum tanks. But in spite of these measures, they have not captured a single town in the country. Their two-year-old front along Nicaragua's Southern border has collapsed, and most of the 15,000 guerillas have scattered in retreat...
...reason for the Contras' lack of popularity in Nicaragua is evident in a variety of documented reports of atrocities committed against unarmed civilians. The rebels are considered by many Nicaraguans to be a terrorist army left over from the old Somoza regime...
...speech, Reagan said: "Today in Nicaragua we see a chain of events similar to what happened here. We hear the same excuses made for the communists, while the people of Nicaragua see their freedom slowly but surely eaten away...
...international front closest to home, however, Reagan is standing firm. His policy on Nicaragua remains based on the judgment that the Sandinistas are Communists posing a threat to U.S. security...