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...fund a rebel army and enforce a trade embargo against Nicaragua. We pay Honduras to house the Contras. We even send money to right-wing think tanks in Costa Rica in an attempt to destabilize the regional negotiations of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize...
...Sandinista leader insisted that his own government was still committed to the February ballot. His intention in canceling the cease-fire, he said, was merely to hold the U.S. and Honduras to the terms of the accord signed last August to dismantle the rebel operation by Dec. 5. The U.S., to guarantee that the vote takes place, has supported the contras in their refusal to disband until after the Nicaraguan elections, though it has prohibited offensive operations. In this regard, Ortega's ploy may have worked. Sandinista and rebel leaders appear likely to hold new talks soon...
...despicable people, who are wanted by justice, is dishonest. It would twist the values of our country. It is an immoral and terrifying proposition." Gomez -- whose title became publisher when he was elected mayor of Medellin in 1988 -- has turned into a leading advocate of government bargaining with all rebel factions. His rationale for dealing with the traffickers: they cannot be defeated outright. Some critics suggest he may have been spooked by a bungled 1987 kidnap attempt...
FIGHT FOR US. A saintly priest is gunned down and mutilated. A basketball team is massacred. A female rebel is raped by a vigilante commandant; when the commandant is killed, his lieutenant carves open the dead man's chest and eats his flesh. These horrifying events might seem the stuff of slasher movies, but according to Filipino director Lino Brocka, they are real. His film, based in part on testimony collected by Amnesty International, charges that human rights violations are more widespread under President Corazon Aquino than they were during the Marcos regime, which Brocka had long criticized. Fight...
...President's greatest achievement has been to increase discipline in his 65,000-man army, which includes former rebel troops. Says a Kampala businessman: "Gone are the days when you had to hide your car from greedy soldiers and carry cash in your pockets to pay them off when they stopped you." Amnesty International reported that although there are still problems of torture and arbitrary detention, "the army is more subject to the law now than at any time in the last 20 years...