Word: nicaraguan
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...could make up for the fact that Reagan had run into one of the major storms of his political life. And it came at a particularly bad time. Shortly before leaving for Europe the President had suffered a significant congressional defeat in his campaign to provide aid for the Nicaraguan contras, and his popularity rating dipped noticeably in the last job-performance polls. With his big legislative battles over the budget and tax reform still in front of him, Reagan had doubtless hoped that an interlude of high-visibility statecraft in Europe would provide a boost to his domestic standing...
...embargo on U.S.-Nicaraguan trade...
...continuing storm over his planned visit to the German cemetery at Bitburg on Sunday put the President in a painful predicament with no graceful way out. His vaunted powers of persuasion could not avert a stinging defeat in the House, which killed all proposals for U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan contras for now. The Soviets turned more than normally truculent, and the U.S. economy developed some worrisome rumbles. Reagan's eternally sunny optimism for once clouded over. "He is in anguish over Bitburg, and he is bitter about the House vote," reported one senior adviser...
...choice sponsored by House Democrats would require that the $14 million be spent through the United Nations of the International Red Cross for Nicaraguan refugees and to enforce any peace negotiated by countries in the Central American region...
...votes neared in the two houses the division over Nicaraguan policy became sharply partisan, with Republicans hinting that new communist successes in Central America would be blamed on Democrats in future elections...