Word: nicaragua
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...speech hours later to a cheering, flag-waving crowd, Reagan likened events in Nicaragua to those that prompted him to order the invasion of Grenada and declared he won't be satisfied "until all the people of the Americas have joined us in the warm sunshine of liberty and justice...
...GEORGE'S, Grenada--Under a dazzling Caribbean sun, President Reagan yesterday retraced the steps of American invasion forces that ousted a radical Marxist government from this tiny island 27 months ago and vowed the United States also "must help those struggling for freedom in Nicaragua...
While making no overt threats against Nicaragua, Reagan's statements--particularly coming on the site of the last open use of U.S. military forces--could hardly be construed as comforting to the leftist government 1,500 miles to the west...
Administration officials have said repeatedly they have no plans to invade Nicaragua, but they are making a concentrated effort to gain congressional support for $100 million in aid for rebel groups trying to overthrow the Sandinista regime in Managua...
Reporters with advance copies of Reagan's speech asked him before it was delivered whether he had any plans to use military force in Nicaragua...