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...stake was Reagan's determination to resume U.S. aid, both humanitarian and military, to the Nicaraguan contras who are trying to overthrow the Marxist Sandinista regime that has ruled since 1979. Faced with growing opposition in Congress to his plan, which even some Republicans view as unwise, the President went on a personal crusade for $14 million in assistance to the rebel forces. Reagan compared the disparate guerrilla factions, whom he calls freedom fighters, to America's Founding Fathers, and took to picturing their cause in terms little short of apocalyptic. Said Reagan: "We cannot have the U.S. walk away...
...Nyerere calls the IMF a "substitute for colonialism," charging that it and other international institutions have become "tools of the rich nations to control the economies of poor nations." The fund has been particularly unpopular in Sudan, where a military coup toppled the government three weeks ago. Before his overthrow, President Gaafar Nimeiri had been unable to fashion an economic program that satisfied the IMF. As a result, aid from creditor nations was cut off, and a lack of foreign currency led to shortages of bread and petroleum. When prices of these precious commodities jumped, crowds took to the streets...
...llez—who helped overthrow Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza during the Sandinista revolution of the 1980s—had applied for a student visa to study English at the University of San Diego, but after it was denied in January, she decided not to seek a visa allowing her to teach...
...This is all very nice. But this courage was rather dormant before the American invasion. It was America's overthrow of Saddam's republic of fear that gave to the Iraqi people space and air and the very possibility of expressing courage...
...panel discussion at Lamont Library yesterday, the Iraqi students’ faculty advisor, University of Baghdad professor Hamdan, said he believed the vast majority of Iraqis had opposed Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. But he added that since Saddam Hussein’s overthrow, everyday life in Iraq had been marked by danger, difficulty traveling, and scarcity of goods...