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...spring of 1988 with the campaign of Jesse Jackson. Twenty years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a disciple of the civil rights martyr has seized the crown of Democratic front runner. Jackson was not merely an acolyte; he was the impetuous rebel in King's official family, the one who appeared on television the day after the shooting wearing a bloody shirt and boldly -- and inaccurately -- claiming that it was he, Jesse, who cradled the dying Martin in his arms. Now exactly two decades after the death of the man who fought for the right...
...contras gathered in the dusty town of Sapoa to approve the fine points of a cease-fire agreement signed there two weeks ago. But the studied exercise in trust was only half the picture. At the very moment contra field commanders and their Sandinista counterparts were meeting, other rebel leaders were in Washington petitioning for additional aid. The appeal netted a fresh infusion of humanitarian funds and the possibility of renewed military assistance should the 60-day cease-fire fail. The confusing signals could only leave skeptics wondering whether the threat of renewed aid was intended to buttress peace...
Both sides called last week's talks in Sapoa "frank and direct," but "distrustful and incomplete" would be a more apt description. They agreed to create five neutral zones within Nicaragua where rebel troops will congregate while Sandinista and contra leaders continue to negotiate what the Sapoa accord calls a "definitive cease-fire." But the boundaries of the agreed-upon zones remain unfixed, when and how the rebels will disarm is still unclear, and the designation of a "neutral organization" to deliver & humanitarian aid to the contras could become a source of dispute, with some contras favoring a commercial company...
...them if the Sandinistas do not live up to their pledges." But the Administration was nevertheless shaken by the unexpected deal signed at Sapoa. "The contras jumped the gun, got out of control, by signing," said an official. After a Washington meeting last week with three of the rebel leaders who signed the Sapoa agreement, a State Department official contended that the contras had signed the cease-fire on the assumption that it would win them speedy approval of more U.S. aid. "Had they not worked something out, they would have gone into the Easter recess without a penny...
...form of protesting," he says. "You've got to stick up for your friends. I never held out for money. I rebel for nothing but the truth...