Word: nicaragua
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Certainly there is much public confusion, ignorance and volatility about Central America. A CBS News-New York Times poll in June showed that only 8% knew which sides the U.S. supports in El Salvador and Nicaragua. The better informed were the more opposed to deeper involvement. Edward R. Tufte, a Yale professor of political science, concludes that since Viet Nam, Presidents can no longer count on uninformed loyalty: Reagan's problem is that he suffers from "uninformed skepticism and informed hostility," Yet Democratic presidential candidates are wary of this foreign policy issue, perhaps seeing themselves some...
...unprecedented participation by American academia in policy-making, both in the war on poverty at home and in the development of similar programs in developing countries. Starting in 1962 when President Kennedy called upon the Business School to supervise the establishment of a business school for Central America in Nicaragua under the auspices of his Alliance for Progress program. Harvard played a leading role in aiding Third World nations. Most of this assistance came in the form of consulting services for specific projects, such as how to increase crop yield in a particular region...
...Nicaragua. Mexico knows from experience that the creation of political and economic institutions in a country that had none whatsoever is an extremely difficult and complex process. It requires time, political wisdom and political experience...
...Nicaragua is going through...
...should not provide fuel for the more radical elements in the revolution. It would be better to ensure that the more balanced political forces in Nicaragua have the larger say. We do not think that the Nicaraguan opposition can legitimize its position through the use of force. On the contrary, we think that right now the Nicaraguan authorities are doing their very best to find a mechanism by which political parties will be able to function in that society...