Word: nicaraguan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--The Iran-Contra hearings turned combative yesterday with leadoff witness Richard V. Secord snapping, "I didn't come here voluntarily to be badgered," as he was peppered with questions about profiteering in secret arms sales to Iran and to Nicaraguan rebels...
...such speakers, Professor Kennedy replied that it was "a close call, something I'd have to think deeply about." Has our deep thinker considered that there are many students who would find abhorrent the appearance on campus of a Louis Farrakhan, Angela Davis, or a spokesman for the current Nicaraguan regime? Professor Kennedy doubtless does not believe that such speakers "represent an advocacy that is beyond the pale," but his utterances are an invitation to disruption by those who do. It is saddening that an officer of the American Civil Liberties Union, which once took highly principled stands on such...
Meanwhile, the former ambassador to Costa Rica said Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams '69 and other senior officials ordered him to assist Nicaraguan rebels, according to a report published in yesterday's New York Times...
...Nicaraguan government spokesman said Linder's relatives were not expected to arrive until today...
...Nicaraguan officials said guerrillas killed Linder and two Sandinista militiamen Tuesday at La Camaleona, a village about 20 miles away in Jinotega province. The U.S.-financed rebels have been increasingly active recently in Jinotega...