Word: nicaraguan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter the nature of Nicaragua's government, both writer and correspondent are impressed with the Nicaraguan people, who are enduring great adversity without necessarily understanding the causes, and steeling themselves for an outcome that is largely beyond their control. Smolowe's and Lopez's informed concern, and TIME's, is revealed in their story...
...days after the House of Representatives rejected Reagan's request for aid to the contras, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega forsook his usual morning jog to sit down in a wellappointed sitting room next to his Managua office for an interview with TIME Correspondent Laura Lopez. Casually dressed and sporting a black Swatch watch, Ortega was relaxed and open, although half a dozen armed guards lurked just outside the door. Excerpts from his remarks...
WASHINGTON--President Reagan, scrambling for votes to win $100 million in military aid to Nicaraguan rebels, yesterday offered Congress a possible compromise that would limit the assistance to "defensive" weapons, training and logistics for the first 90 days...
Under the president's plan, all types of military aid would be permitted after 90 days if the leftist Nicaraguan government does not negotiate seriously with the rebels-a step the government has repeatedly refused to take, charging that the Contras are a creation of the United States...
...statement accompanying the draft order, Reagan said he favored a negotiated solution with the leftist Nicaraguan government and that "approval of my request for additional assistance...does not mean that a military solution is inevitable...