Word: nicaraguan
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Meanwhile, charges will likely be dropped against those who sold arms to Iran for hostages and diverted the profits to Nicaraguan contras in defiance of the law. If any of the prosecution's case relies on testimony made before T V, the court has hinted it would drop the entire case. The very fact that we heard the means by which the Constitution was subverted will now ensure that those who subverted it will not be punished...
North, Poindexter, and two businessmen--Richard Secord and Albert Hakim--are charged in a 23-count indictment with conspiring to illegally divert profits from sale of arms to Iran to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels. Other counts involve obstruction of presidential and congressional investigations of the Iran-Contra affair, and theft of U.S. government property...
...plan was Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega. An earlier meeting in February had included all the nations except Nicaragua, but everyone knew--none better than Arias--that unless Ortega signed on, the accord would have no substance...
...result of the plan, the Contra rebels and the Sandinistas government agreed to cease fire early this year, and they are engaged in negotiations. Additionally, the Nicaraguan government has allowed the previously shut down newspaper La Prensa to begin publishing again...
Pillsbury's final offense was to cross swords with the President. While lobbying for military aid to the Nicaraguan contras, Reagan struck a gentleman's agreement with Democratic Senator Dennis DeConcini of Arizona that Stingers would not be dispatched to Central America. Opposed to the deal, Pillsbury contacted his conservative Senate backers and, say Administration officials, lobbied against it. When the White House learned of Pillsbury's meddling, he was declared persona non grata; the Pentagon began an investigation of his suspected leaks and he was soon fired...