Word: ricans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...troubled governments (see page 40). Somoza instructed his tough, 8,100-member National Guard to destroy the rebel forces and end the uprising. Guard units set out to rescue the embattled towns; in the south at Sapoá and Peña Blanca, they also violated the Costa Rican border in hot pursuit of Sandinistas. After a week of steady fighting, the conflict had taken on the proportions of a bloodbath, and U.S. diplomats met hastily with the government to speed the evacuation of a reported 1,500 Americans caught in the fighting...
Correspondents in southern Nicaragua reported occasional firing near the outpost of Penas Blancas on the Costa Rican border. Guerrillas fought a nine-hour battle with the national guard garrison there Sunday before withdrawing into Costa Rica...
...investigative team from the Organization of American States went to Costa Rica to examine claims that Nicaraguan forces crossed the border last week and fired on Costa Rican civilians...
...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...
...sprawling streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico's largest city, lies the small village-like community of San Domingo. During the summer, Ana Maria Garcia Blanco, along with the people of San Domingo, opened a school for the children of the community. She was implementing ideas, combining her Puerto Rican heritage and her work during the last two years as a member of the Student Board of Radcliffe's Education for Action (E4A). With many ages working together in small groups, the Puerto Rican students study the history of their neighborhood; the songs and poetry of their culture...