Word: nicaragua
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...Sandinistas on March 30 introduced a resolution in the U.N. Security Council denouncing the U.S. for "the escalation of acts of military aggression brought against" Nicaragua. Among America's friends, France and The Netherlands voted in favor and Britain abstained; the U.S. had to cast a veto. Nicaragua then announced, at the beginning of last week, that it had filed a case against the U.S. in the World Court in The Hague. The U.S. told that tribunal in advance that it would not recognize any World Court jurisdiction over Central American matters for two years. State Department Spokesman John Hughes...
...Malcolm Wallop, one of Reagan's strongest defenders in the Senate, contends the U.S. mishandled the case. He believes it should have filed a countercomplaint in the World Court accusing Nicaragua of exporting revolution to El Salvador...
...dealing with Nicaragua specifically, the Reagan Administration or any successor must first make up its mind whether it really wants to deal at all, and if so, what kind of Nicaraguan regime it could live with. Unremitting opposition, by force if need be, to Nicaragua's attempts to foment rebellion outside its borders, combined with a standing offer to negotiate verifiable security guarantees for both Nicaragua and its neighbors and a determination actually to do it if the chance arises, is a fully justifiable policy that can work, though it might take a long time. Democratic reform inside Nicaragua leading...
Harvard Law Professor Abram Chayes, a leading member of Nicaragua's legal team, argues that America's recognition of compulsory jurisdiction requires that the U.S. give six months' notice before it can deny jurisdiction to the court. Says Chayes, who formulated the legal defense for the Kennedy Administration's blockade of Cuba in 1962: "You can't withdraw when the other fellow sues...
...court should go right ahead. When we take this step, it is regarded as improper and propaganda." This inconsistency made many U.S. legal scholars uncomfortable. The respected American Society of International Law, holding its annual meeting in Washington, adopted a resolution deploring the Administration's attempt to sidestep Nicaragua's legal challenge...