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...bounds as an international partner. Nobody would treat it seriously, and all its major international agreements lapsed." At the same time, it is not unusual for a government to settle such disputes out of court. Over the coming months, pressure on Washington to step up negotiations with Nicaragua seems certain to increase...
...Nicaragua respectively assailed and praised the court's decision last week, both countries continued to accuse each other of preparing for outright warfare. The U.S. claimed that it had sighted six Soviet ships laden with arms and bound for Nicaragua. Perhaps chastened by mistaken allegations last month that Soviet MiG-21 fighter planes were being unloaded in the Nicaraguan port of Corinto, the Administration did not commit itself to specifying what arms the ships were carrying. But President Reagan warned again last week that if sophisticated Soviet aircraft are sent to Central America, "this is something we cannot...
...ruling from The Hague was the second propaganda setback for the U.S. in its dealings with Nicaragua since September, when the Sandinistas caught Washington off balance by abruptly accepting "in its totality and without modification" the draft of a regional nonaggression treaty. The proposed agreement had been produced by the so-called Contadora countries-Colombia, Panama, Mexico and Venezuela-and the U.S. had supported their deliberations. But Washington still has misgivings about the draft accord, namely about the lack of adequate verification and control mechanisms to ensure Nicaraguan compliance...
...tightening of domestic restrictions, Nicaragua in recent weeks has denied at least 27 prominent opposition figures permission to travel outside the country. In addition, a much touted "national dialogue," in which political parties, church authorities and social groups were to join in thrashing out the nation's problems, began to fall apart when some members of the main opposition group withdrew, charging that the display of pluralism was an empty gesture. "The dialogue is the difference between war and peace," said an opposition member. "Nobody wants to say he's chosen war, but it certainly looks like...
Much the same could be said for the larger struggle between the U.S. and Nicaragua on the wider battlefield of world opinion...