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FINALLY, A STEP in the right direction. Last week, the Reagan Administration offered Nicaragua a new eight-point plan that would put a thaw to the Cold War that has developed in recent months between the two countries. In essence, the proposal calls for the U.S. to resume aid to the Central American nation, pledge non-intervention in Nicaraguan affairs and pressure counter-revolutionaries training on American soil to cease their activities. In return, the Sandinistas must agree to end aid to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador and put a limit on their arms build-up and the number...
...past, the main obstacle to an agreement had been Managua's refusal to disclaim support for the Salvadoran leftists. The Administration believes the Sandinistas send arms to and train the guerrillas. Nicaragua has denied this allegation, saying only that it gives "moral support" to its ideological soulmates...
Meanwhile, Washington was trying to undermine the guerrillas by exerting new pressure on Cuba and Nicaragua to stop supplying them with arms and advice...
There seems to be little hope for serious talks with the Cubans. Said one U.S. diplomat: "They have expressed not the slightest desire to address anything we wanted to talk about." But the U.S. is likely to negotiate with Nicaragua's Sandinista leaders, who are eager for discussion, as soon as the contending Salvadoran politicians finish what the voters started, by forming a government . - - By Thomas A. Sancton...
...more important role of America's twisted, self-destructive foreign policy. And when they point a quavering finger at the red specter looming over Central America, they make the same egregious over-sign. The United States planted the seed of violent conflict in nations such as Salvador and Nicaragua by maintaining obedient dictatorships and failing to nuture genuine democracy. It is the force of war that rips the soul from third world societies, not the power of one or another "-ism." The anti-communist crusaders bear much of the blame for the horrible peace in Indochina and for the continuing...