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...been turned over in Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, on Wednesday to Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) who discussed the Hasenfus case with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega the previous...
...Ortega told reporters before Hasenfus was released that the pardon also would be a birthday gift for Hasenfus' son Adam. The Hasenfuses also have a daughter, Sarah, 12, and another son, Eugene...
With the verdict a foregone conclusion, attention had long since turned to a far more intriguing question: What will become of Hasenfus? Before the trial began, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega hinted that the hapless gunrunner might be pardoned and released by Christmas. But since then some Sandinista militants and officials have taken a tougher stance. Last week Ortega seemed prepared to sidestep the issue and dump the problem of Hasenfus' future on Washington. In an interview with Mexican reporters, Ortega said he was waiting to see if the Reagan Administration would acknowledge responsibility for Hasenfus and his aborted mission...
...military showdown, however, was overshadowed last week by a propaganda battle between Managua and Washington as both sides sought to score points off the Hasenfus trial. Nicaraguan officials, including President Daniel Ortega, have indicated that Hasenfus will be found guilty, then released as early as Thanksgiving. "It's a chance to show Americans how kindhearted they are," scoffed Antonio Tijerino, a Washington-based attorney for the contras. U.S. officials, meanwhile, branded the tribunal a kangaroo court. Since it was established in 1983, the court, perhaps unsurprisingly, has had a 99% conviction rate. Each panel consists of a lawyer who serves...
India's Rajiv Gandhi was there, and so were Cuba's Fidel Castro, the P.L.O.'s Yasser Arafat, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega and some 50 heads of state. The occasion was the eighth Summit Conference of the Nonaligned, a group now made up of 101 nations that was formed 25 years ago by leaders of the postwar independence movement: Nehru of India, Tito of Yugoslavia, Sukarno of Indonesia, Nkrumah of Ghana and Nasser of Egypt. Its members claim to be neutrals in the confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, but its triennial meeting last week in Harare...