Word: rebel
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Surviving rebels from the towns of Leon and Chinandenga, which government troops recaptured last week, are joining the rebel forces in Esteli, but the total number of rebels is unknown...
...fact, leaders of the rebel seizure of the National Palace on August 22 claimed that part of their motivation for stepping up guerilla activity was the attitude of President Carter. They cited an August 1 letter from Carter to Somoza praising him for allowing the Organization of American States to survey the human rights situation in Nicaragua...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua--President Anastasio Somoza's government, claiming near victory against rebels in the north, said yesterday that Venezuela had thrown its military support behind the insurgents, sending warplanes to back a rebel attack in the south...
...Information Ministry statement said Venezuelan planes based in Costa Rica had provided support for a rebel attack on Penas Blancas, a key post on the Costa Rican border. The attack occurred...
Government troops yesterday put down rebel resistance in fire-gutted Masaya and reopened the city where Red Cross workers burned scores of unidentified corpses to prevent disease...