Word: nicaraguan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...backed rebels claimed responsibility for mining Nicaragua's harbors last February and March (the mining stopped by April). The Sandinistas lost no time in going before the United Nations Security Council in New York City, introducing a resolution that called for the immediate end to the mining of Nicaraguan ports. The U.S. used its Security Council veto to block the resolution. The Nicaraguans then decided to take their complaint to the World Court, the judicial arm of the U.N. and the highest forum for resolving disputes between nations. When the U.S. learned of Nicaragua's intention, it launched...
...rulings involved nothing more than the court's right to decide the U.S. Nicaraguan dispute; the central issue itself is not likely to be resolved any time soon. The Nicaraguans say that their documentation will be ready in three months. At that point, the U.S. has the right, as in any other lawsuit, to respond. But the procedure is an extremely protracted one. First there must be an exchange of written arguments, and then a series of hearings. The final verdict is not expected before the end of 1985. Moreover, the World Court has no power to enforce...
...last week, both countries continued to accuse each other of preparing for outright warfare. The U.S. claimed that it had sighted six Soviet ships laden with arms and bound for Nicaragua. Perhaps chastened by mistaken allegations last month that Soviet MiG-21 fighter planes were being unloaded in the Nicaraguan port of Corinto, the Administration did not commit itself to specifying what arms the ships were carrying. But President Reagan warned again last week that if sophisticated Soviet aircraft are sent to Central America, "this is something we cannot sit back and just take...
...Crimson Forum articles of November 17, "Ted Koppel Blames the Victim," is typical of today's trendy, but misguided thought on the issue of Nicaragua. The writer takes at face value the pious assertions of the Nicaraguan foreign ministers, throws in a little international law, and comes out painting the U.S. as an unprovoked aggressor in Central America. International law is a worthwhile thing, and is useful when the parties involved share an accepted notion of the global balance of power. However, there are many powers who do not respect such a notion, and are thus revolutionary in their efforts...
...latest flap began when President Reagan received the disciplinary recommendation from the CIA's inspector general. Reagan had ordered the internal investigation amid a continuing clamor over sections of the manual that advocated the "neutralization" of local Nicaraguan officials. Critics seized upon that term as a code word for assassination. Furthermore, they charged, the manual shows that the CIA is violating a 1982 congressional amendment barring it from engaging in any activity aimed at overthrowing the Sandinistas. Reagan responded with the credulity-straining explanation that the word neutralization meant nothing more than "you just say to the fellow that...