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...scare tactics to label as extremists the people who have the courage to fight brutal military dictators in Central America [March 22]? Why shouldn't Nicaragua arm itself against the U.S. Government, which has invaded it twice and is eager to do it again? Why do the Government and the press assume that backing military dictators supports U.S. interests? It doesn't support mine. Hasn't American industry found it profitable to deal with Communist governments in the Soviet Union, China, Yugoslavia and the Eastern satellites of the U.S.S.R.? Why does our Government invariably oppose a people...
Meanwhile, a more important diplomatic move was getting under way in Central America. U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Anthony Quainton opened new negotiations in Managua aimed at getting the Nicaraguans to pledge that they will stop supporting insurrections in neighboring countries-namely, El Salvador. In return the U.S. is willing to make a "political declaration" that it will crack down on Nicaraguan exiles said to be plotting counterrevolution from American soil and will even let Nicaragua participate in the trade and investment benefits of the Caribbean Basin Initiative. What will come of the talks is uncertain, but the very fact that...
...best way around this problem would be for the U.S. to ask Nicaragua to state it "will not give material support for insurgencies in neighboring countries." By striking the word "end" from the proposal, the U.S. can get Nicaraguan backing for the plan without making the Sandinistas look like liars...
Equally important is the proposed resumption of U.S. economic aid to Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan economy is hurting and the public sector in particular sorely needs the funds it would receive from Washington. In addition, the U.S. plan would make Nicaragua eligible for the trade and investment incentives proposed in President Reagan's Caribbean Basin initiative...
Washington's reversal, even if it does not lead to immediate detente with the Sandinistas, at least opens the doors for continued negotiations. Maybe the Administration has come to realize that a policy of talk and compromise beats one of threats and rhetoric, at least with regard to Nicaragua. One can be skeptical of the Administration's good intentions toward the Sandinistas but the very existence of the new plan demonstrates that moderates carry some weight within Reagan's foreign policy team. And that is cause enough to celebrate...