Word: nicaragua
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...sudden, a flurry of diplomatic activity made it appear as though everyone was willing, even anxious, to sit down and discuss the complex crises in Central America. Nicaragua claimed that it was eager for talks with the U.S. The top U.S. diplomat in El Salvador proposed that the country's government should "consider options to end the massacre," which was interpreted to mean talking with the rebel leaders. Earlier, an American envoy had flown to Havana for talks with Cuban President Fidel Castro, suggesting to some that the two major Caribbean Basin antagonists might agree to work directly...
While Washington was seeking to shore up the beleaguered forces of moderation in El Salvador last week, the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua declared a 30-day state of emergency in response to what it called U.S. threats of "aggression" and "covert plans" to undermine the government. The decree suspended most basic civil rights, including freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and the right to a judicial hearing before detention. The Sandinista government has put the press under strict censorship and restricted travel abroad for government officials, military personnel and political figures. In addition, a special new patriotic defense contribution will...
...week's end, Nicaragua called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council so that Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra could personally discuss what a Sandinista spokesman called the "ever increasing danger of a large-scale military intervention" by the U.S. It was not clear whether the Nicaraguans could muster the nine Security Council votes required to convene a session. Would Ortega engage in negotiations while in the U.S.? Said a Nicaraguan official: "We are well disposed to carry out any talks." But State Department officials were not inclined to go along. Said one: "The U.S. regards Nicaragua...
...eventually the U.S. By 1969 the Communists had established violent groups to damage the economy in our region. The most violent attacks-kidnapings, terrorism-had great backing from the mistaken political thought of Mr. Jimmy Carter [a reference to Carter's tolerance for the Sandinista-led revolution in Nicaragua]. That is why Nicaragua is a pro-Soviet government today. Members of the U.S. Department of State, Venezuela, today. Members of the U.S. Department of State, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico helped. But Cuba ended up being the leader. The same scheme was tried on us, but thank...
...Miami Herald, who won a Pulitzer Prize last year for her coverage of Latin America, has become even more influential among her peers since she published an article in the Washington Journalism Review detailing the failure of leading newspapers to probe the nature of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua until too late. Says Christian of the journalist's responsibility in El Salvador: "People here will be left with the solution partly or wholly created by us-not just the American Government but the American press. Then we will all leave when the story disappears...