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Professor John Womack has objected to the appointment of Dr. Robert Leiken as an associate at the Center for International Affairs on the ground that he is a "propagandist" for the anti-Sandanista forces in Nicaragua. Dr. Leiken, in long articles for the New York Review of Books (a liberal periodical) and The New Republic, a Democratic Party supporter, was critical of the right-wing in the contras, but also critical of the Managua government...

Author: By Adam Kadmon, | Title: MAIL | 3/3/1987 | See Source »

...findings: not only were the first Sandanista elections not a "sham," as per the Reagan Administration, but they were downright upright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nicaragua Elections | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

...Nicaraguan government has promised banks that it would catch up on its current interest payments by March 31, from sales of coffee, cotton, meat, and sugar in the early part of the year that provides the majority of the country's revenue. Meanwhile, there has been talk of possible Sandanista intervention to prevent a good harvest which would help to restabalize the economy...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Nicaragua: La Lucha Continua | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

...pressure for Somoza's resignation is not, as he claims, generated solely by a band of Marxist revolutionaries. The Sandanista Front of National Liberation (FSLN) champions an effort that encompasses virtually every element of the population of this small Central American country--from businessmen to industrialists to religious leaders to peasants. The mass of poor Nicaraguans see the multi-millionaire Somoza as the chief cause of their poverty. The Roman Catholic Church, hardly a bastion of Marxism and a long-time opponent of the dictatorship, has reiterated its plea for an end to the Somoza family's rule...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carter Must End Aid To Somoza | 9/19/1978 | See Source »

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