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...citizens don't fully understand the seriousness of the situation." Indeed, Congress and the public have generally remained either uninterested in or downright skeptical about American support for the government in El Salvador, which is struggling against left-wing rebels, and U.S. opposition to the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, which is struggling against CIA-backed insurgents. So in addition to speaking loudly last week, Reagan brandished weapons. He appointed a special twelve-man commission headed by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to shape a national consensus on Central America, and he dispatched an aircraft carrier battle group...
Ranger, accompanied by seven support ships, steamed south from San Diego toward Nicaragua's Pacific shore. The Pentagon planned to send two additional carriers into the region in August. Preparations also were made for joint maneuvers in Honduras that could involve up to 5,000 troops rotating in and out over a six-month period. "There is a desire to provide a boost to the morale of the Hondurans and the Salvadorans and to show that U.S. power is not rhetoric," said a senior U.S. diplomat. But the ostentatious making of waves, which seemed an attention grabber rather than...
Reagan managed at a mini-press conference last week to sound intimidating even when denying that the naval fleet was preparing for a blockade of Nicaragua. Given an easy opportunity to say he would not favor a blockade, he instead said, "I would hope that eventuality would not arise." Reagan minced no words at the session with reporters when asked about the Sandinista government now ruling Nicaragua. When the regime consolidated power, he said, "the present group wanted Communist totalitarianism." Could a diplomatic settlement be reached with them? "I think it would be extremely difficult," he said, "because I think...
...been devalued by almost 600%, and the country shows few signs of being able to repay an estimated $4.2 billion in foreign debt. While still relatively tranquil, Costa Rica has begun to experience tremors of violence that in some cases can be traced to the leftist Sandinista government of Nicaragua, whose rise Costa Ricans enthusiastically abetted. Providing sanctuary and financial support for the Sandinistas during their 1979 revolution was a top priority of Monge's predecessor, Rodrigo Carazo Odio. Now, however, Monge is convinced that Nicaragua is becoming increasingly repressive and dangerously dependent on the Soviets and the Cubans...
...result of that change in attitude, Costa Rica has become a haven for refugees from the Sandinista regime, a role that has not gone unnoticed in Nicaragua. In recent weeks, Sandinista-inspired agents have been arming and instigating Costa Rican squatters to take over land in the area of Guápiles, 25 miles northeast of San José, the capital. A Sandinista agent two weeks ago tried to plant a bomb in the Costa Rican headquarters of a Nicaraguan dissident group. The device exploded prematurely, killing the agent...