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...President Ortega tells Rushdie, la Cia is responsible for most of the contras' strength. Popular support for the Managua regime is demonstrated by the Sandinistas' ability to arm peasants to fight against the contras without fear of an uprising. But why have the Miskito Indians, who live at the heart of the war zone not been similarily armed? This book offers no explanation, despite Rushdie's claim that the Sandinistas and Miskitos have reached a reconciliation...
...Salvador slipped unannounced into Santo Tomas, some 30 miles south of the capital, where Cerezo has a country retreat. The Duarte visit, which no doubt included discussion of the region's problems, was part of Cerezo's intricate diplomatic skein. Last month Cerezo met with President Daniel Ortega Saavedra in Nicaragua. The Sandinista leader reiterated his refusal to negotiate with the U.S.-backed contras, but the two agreed to keep talking. Cerezo's critics believe his attempt to be an honest broker in the Nicaraguan conflict has jeopardized Guatemala's ties to the U.S. This year American military...
Phoenix Police Chief Ruben Ortega announced the indictments, which were returned Thursday. He said at a news conference that the indictments came after a two-month investigation by the police special investigations bureau and "the investigation still is ongoing...
...Ortega said the narcotic drug referred to in the indictments was cocaine...
Here and there, Rushdie does note a few flaws in the revolutionary state. His most vexing concern is that a government of writers -- both President Daniel Ortega and his wife have published verse, while Vice President Sergio Ramirez produces fiction -- has also become a government of censors. Nor does he flinch from recording the naivete of teenage soldiers eager for battle. Yet such imperfections are not enough to prevent him from rooting for what he regards as a brave Nicaraguan David up against the North American Goliath. "Were these dictators in the making?" he asks of his ostentatious hosts...