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...YEAR AGO in this space I predicted that if all went well, the government of Violeta Chomorro would bring prosperity and meaningful democracy to Nicaragua...
Asked recently whether Nicaragua's economic glass was half empty or half full, the mission chief for the U.S. Agency for International Development replied: "The glass is neither half empty nor full. The glass is smashed. There is no glass...
...time of the election, Nicaragua's per-capita income had declined from a pre-revolution level of $964 to about $300. Inflation had peaked at around 36,000 percent. Staple crops such as rice and beans, once exported, were in short supply by last year. Corporations were taxed at a flat 50 percent rate, which helped fuel a general capital flight from the country...
...hours, Komplektov did little but rehash old Soviet positions while lecturing Assistant Secretary of State Bernard Aronson about the sensibilities of small Latin nations condemned by geography to live in Washington's shadow. Key U.S. and Kremlin aides agree that the subsequent Soviet-American cooperation that resulted in Nicaragua's first free elections would never have been possible if Komplektov had controlled the talks that followed...
Mike, who has covered wars in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Beirut, finds himself treading lightly in Kuwait. British troops disarmed a booby-trapped doorway at an amusement park he went to visit. Later he was detained for four hours by a young Kuwaiti soldier who didn't understand his ID papers. "Things can get a little tense, and you have to watch yourself," he said. "The soldiers at the checkpoints get shot at almost every night. You never go out alone...