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...President admitted that human rights were still a problem in El Salvador, but he extolled the nation's commitment to democracy and the bravery of its voters in turning out heavily in last year's elections. By contrast, the Cuban-backed regime in Nicaragua was depicted as an unmitigated villain, reneging on its promise to hold free elections, censoring its press and export-big its revolution despite the friendship and aid the U.S. had offered when the new government came to power in 1979. In the two years after the revolution, Reagan reminded his listeners, the U.S. provided five times...
...President flatly pledged that the U.S. was not planning to attack the regime in Nicaragua. "We do not seek its overthrow," he said. But he added that the U.S. "will not protect the Nicaraguan government from the anger of its own people." Using one of the lines suggested by Kirkpatrick, he argued that continued military aid must be given to those countries like El Salvador that are resisting Nicaraguan-supported rebels. "I do not believe that a majority of Congress or the country is prepared to stand by passively while the people of Central America are delivered to totalitarianism...
...Nicaragua, the reaction was suited to Reagan's attack. The government called for a massive demonstration the next day to denounce U.S. threats to Nicaragua. THE PEOPLE WILL RESPOND TO REAGAN IN THE STREETS, blared the Thursday headline of Barricada, the official Sandinista paper. More than 50,000 gathered for the rally in the sweltering afternoon sun, a somewhat smaller crowd than had been forecast by the government. Carrying rifles, sticks, shovels and hand-carved replicas of guns, they marched past a theater showing the 1980 American film Brubaker to the Plaza de la Revoluci?...
...approach to Central America that is generally consistent with that taken by the Carter Administration. The State Department has worked to foster centrist democratic institutions in El Salvador and prodded the right-leaning government there into making some reforms. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders attempted to negotiate with Nicaragua an end to that regime's support for the Salvadoran rebels in return for U.S. aid and a pledge of nonintervention. His overtures were spurned by the Nicaraguans...
...Administration against the Nicaraguan regime is an extension of policies initiated by Carter, who authorized the CIA to provide financial assistance to opponents of the new Sandinista regime in that country. During his first year in office, Reagan considered options like establishing an American-organized commando force to destabilize Nicaragua. Instead, he decided on a strategy of placing pressure on Nicaragua by organizing the contras into a political and military force with U.S. training and assistance...