Word: nicaraguan
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...inaugurated service between Managua and Miami, its rented Boeing 727 less than half-filled with passengers lured by a bargain $275 round-trip fare. Said CAAL director Herty Lewites, the former Minister of Tourism: "I want to be the richest man in Nicaragua." Backed by $1.75 million from a Nicaraguan-born millionaire living in Greece, CAAL hopes its thrice-weekly flights can undercut state-owned Aeronica, which charges...
...Florida, Nicaraguan exiles are urging their countrymen to boycott the new air carrier. "They have stolen money that was supposed to go to the Nicaraguan people," protested Francisco Ortega, president of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce in Miami. It may prove difficult for this example of Sandinista enterprise...
...respect for superiors. But he was not alone. Almost everyone held William Casey at arm's length in those days. A major scandal had just surfaced: in a covert arms-for-hostages deal, the Great Satan had sold weapons to its enemy, Iran. Profits had been diverted to the Nicaraguan contras. Casey, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, would be summoned to testify about what he knew and when he knew...
...eight color photo displays Fisher in the company of Oscar Arias, the Nobel laureate and president of Costa Rica, and the flip side shows nearly a mirror image, only this time Fisher is with the president of Guatemala. Turn to a nearby print, and you'll see Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is fixing you a stare...
...Nicaraguan election approached, both sides wanted to lock the other into accepting the outcome. In the joint communique following their Feb. 10 meeting, Baker and Shevardnadze pledged both nations would "respect the results of free and fair elections." But the U.S. had another concern. Washington questioned whether the Sandinistas would actually transfer power if they lost. Aronson asked if the Soviets would continue denying weapons to the Sandinistas if Violeta Chamorro won. Pavlov said...