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...Americans for Democratic Action gives him a 40 rating, which is in the Republican range. Indeed, Bentsen's political differences with Mondale may be too big to gloss over gracefully. His views on U.S. policy in Central America-he has supported CIA aid for the contra guerrillas in Nicaragua and does not rule out U.S. combat intervention in El Salvador-are not unlike the Reagan Administration...
...Salvador seemed caught up in its internal affairs last week, Honduras and Nicaragua appeared preoccupied with foreign relations. In a veiled rebuke to the U.S., General Walter LÓpez Reyes, the commander of Honduras' armed forces, attacked the autocratic policies of his predecessor, General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez, who was ousted by the military in March. In a televised speech, LÓpez announced that the 37-member Armed Forces Superior Council was once again the final arbiter of all defense matters. Though Lopez did not criticize the U.S. directly, his talk served notice that Washington could...
...Nicaragua the conciliatory atmosphere prompted by Secretary of State George Shultz's quickie trip to Managua two weeks ago seemed to evaporate swiftly. Accusing the U.S. of plans to step up "the war of aggression against Nicaragua," Defense Minister Humberto Ortega Saavedra announced a "massive mobilization of the people." Ortega detailed the expected enemy offensive, but the reason for the speech was an attack last week on the northern Nicaraguan city of Ocotal by U.S.-backed rebels. The heavily fortified town of 15,000 was held by the rebels for four hours...
...Nicaragua's Sandinista government suffered another critical blast last week, but not from the Reagan Administration. After a two-year study, the Organization of American States (OAS) released a report charging that the Sandinistas had abused their country's Miskito Indians. Since they came to power in 1979, the Sandinistas have tried to exert control over the Miskitos, who live in isolated hamlets on the Caribbean coast. The OAS investigation, which was requested by the Sandinistas themselves, concluded that the worst violations occurred between 1981 and 1983 and included torture and the killing of about 35 Miskitos...
...guerrillas to join forces with the Nicaraguan Democratic Front (F.D.N.), the 8,000-strong contra group based in Honduras. ARDE's political leaders, notably Alfonso Robelo Callejas, favored the alliance, but Pastora adamantly rejected it unless the F.D.N. got rid of several commanders who were members of Nicaragua's hated National Guard under former Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Early last month, the CIA threatened to cut ARDE'S funds if it did not team up with the F.D.N. by May 31. On Tuesday, May 29, Robelo and the other ARDE leaders decided to strike such an alliance...