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...being asked from Managua to Washington: Does the deepening U.S. crisis mean that it is curtains for the contras? Although the rebels have held on through several funding crises in recent years, there are doubts in both the U.S. and Central America that they can survive the current ordeal. Last week, as the U.S. press analyzed the contras' prospects in funereal tones, some officials went so far as to offer up eulogies. "I think the counterrevolution is nearly over," said a Latin American military analyst. "If the contras could do something in the next few weeks, that might change things...
Before I knew it, the ordeal was over. Just a check from my checkbook, and the tickets were mine...
THIS RAT-IN-A-MAZE ordeal went on and on. Finally, pulling my wits back together, I made a beeline in one direction. I twisted and turned with the inane little streets but eventually reached the edge...
...official held out some hope that the couple's ordeal would quickly end. "Christmas is a time for pardons. It is a tradition here," he said. "Leniency can and should be expected. Nicaragua is not out for revenge." Other officials were less generous. "He should get 30 years in prison," said Comandante Victor Tirado Lopez. Last week El Nuevo Diario, a progovernment newspaper, quoted an official as saying, "The possibility that Soldier of Fortune Eugene Hasenfus will be pardoned in the short term by the Sandinista government is practically...
...approval of several conflicting parties. He has proved in the past that he has the patience, stamina and staying power needed to hold hostage negotiations. His success in winning the release of Jacobsen sparked new hope that he will finally be able to conclude the long Beirut hostage ordeal...