Word: nicaraguan
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...turned out, Quayle performed better than even he might have expected. He committed some small gaffes: tempting fate by tasting tropical fruit at a Caracas fruit stand and rapping former President Jimmy Carter for "complicating matters" by discussing Central American peace plans with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Quayle said he did not talk with his boss during the trip and noted that the President was suffering from laryngitis. He then took an unintentional swipe at Ronald Reagan by adding that the former President sometimes used a sore throat as an excuse for canceling press conferences...
Stroessner, who provided asylum for some of the most reviled figures in modern times, such as Nazi death-camp doctor Josef Mengele and Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, is expected to live out his exile, possibly in Chile. There he would be the guest of Augusto Pinochet, now the very last of Latin America's old-style dictators, who himself faces political extinction following presidential elections scheduled for December...
...only sin was that of trying to give the Nicaraguan people all that they deserve, at the same time we were fighting a war against U.S. aggression." With those words of justification for Nicaragua's shattered economy, President Daniel Ortega last week imposed a drastic austerity program that will slash the national budget by almost half and lay off nearly 35,000 public employees, including 10,000 army personnel and 13,000 members of the security police. The measures are aimed at stimulating production, almost at a standstill, and exports, which have been cut nearly in half...
...leftist group committed to social change that was formed in 1986 and until now had stopped short of violence. Earlier this month M.T.P. seemed to embrace a more radical agenda, and several key figures have been linked to a defunct ultra-left-wing revolutionary army with strong Cuban and Nicaraguan connections...
...overall goal, Ortega said, is to "clear the ground" and "normalize all aspects of U.S.-Nicaraguan relations." Ortega asserts his willingness to reach compromise on virtually all the complaints the U.S. has voiced over the years...