Word: nicaraguan
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...contra reform. Right now, the Nicaraguan Democratic Force (F.D.N., the largest contra army) and United Nicaraguan Opposition (the main contra political organization) are a little bit like the tail wagging the dog. The military has to become subordinate to U.N.O. It's also important that the military be represented, so it's not just a bunch of politicians running the army. There is also a need for unity with other groups. One reason for the success of the Sandinistas is that they've been fighting a one-front...
...Nicaragua drenched in a dangerous sea of red. Others view the country as bathed in a brilliant aureole of white light. Forget gray. Much as in the debate that polarized Americans during the war in Viet Nam, cool heads and dispassionate judgments seldom prevail in a discussion of U.S.-Nicaraguan relations. The Sandinistas are either hard-core Communists with a cruelly totalitarian agenda or committed revolutionaries with a uniquely Latin American vision of the future. The U.S.-backed contras, on the other hand, are either brave freedom fighters or treacherous mercenaries. WARNING: entry into the debate may be hazardous...
...United States' strongest argument against the Nicaraguan suit was that the Sandinista government, along with Cuba, waged "secret warfare against other states. These attacks were intended to be secret, and not attributable," said Moore, who is a professor of law at the University of Virginia...
Citing the United Nations charter, Moore said Cuban and Nicaraguan action in E1 Salvador "constituted armed attack" and that "article 51 allows fighting back in self-defense...
Since the Organization of American States, of which the U.S. is a member, provides for mutual defense, the U.S. "had a duty or a right to respond [to Nicaraguan secret wars] and uphold the OAS charter...