Word: nicaraguan
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...many Americans, Roberto d'Aubuisson, fiery leader of El Salvador's fiercest right-wing faction, represents the dangerous pitfalls of U.S. support for that troubled country. Somewhat similarly, Edén Pastora Gómez, the maverick "Commander Zero" of the Nicaraguan revolution who later took up arms against his victorious comrades, has come to illustrate the troubles of Washington's covert effort to put pressure on the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. Both of these flamboyant figures happened to be in Washington last week just after the Senate voted overwhelmingly to cut aid to anti-Sandinista contra...
...estimates officer specializing in Central American and Caribbean affairs, claims that intelligence reports of cross-border arms shipments "fell off to nothing" after the failure of the Salvadoran guerrillas' "final offensive" in the spring of 1981. Now, he says, he believes the Administration has "systematically misrepresented Nicaraguan involvement in the supply of arms to Salvadoran guerrillas to justify its efforts to overthrow the Nicaraguan government." Secretary of State George Shultz says of MacMichael, "He must be living in some other world...
...evaporate swiftly. Accusing the U.S. of plans to step up "the war of aggression against Nicaragua," Defense Minister Humberto Ortega Saavedra announced a "massive mobilization of the people." Ortega detailed the expected enemy offensive, but the reason for the speech was an attack last week on the northern Nicaraguan city of Ocotal by U.S.-backed rebels. The heavily fortified town of 15,000 was held by the rebels for four hours...
...right or the extreme left," said Adolfo ("Popo") Chamorro, spokesman for the Revolutionary Democratic Alliance (ARDE), the contra group that Pastora commands. Especially curious is the timing of the explosion. Since last year, the CIA has been pressuring ARDE and its 4,000 guerrillas to join forces with the Nicaraguan Democratic Front (F.D.N.), the 8,000-strong contra group based in Honduras. ARDE's political leaders, notably Alfonso Robelo Callejas, favored the alliance, but Pastora adamantly rejected it unless the F.D.N. got rid of several commanders who were members of Nicaragua's hated National Guard under former Dictator...
Costa Rican President Luis Alberto Monge implied that the Sandinistas might be responsible for the bombing, but ARDE leaders insisted that the camp area was clear of Nicaraguan soldiers. More logical culprits include ARDE members with access to the base, some of whom may have been angry enough with Pastora's decision to kill him. In the aftermath, Pastora's colleagues quickly down-played their disagreements, but the episode promised not only to delay ARDE's alliance with the F.D.N. but to strengthen Pastora's resolve against any union under conditions other than...