Word: sandinistas
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Saying that the United States has consistently misrepresented the aims of his government, a visiting Nicaraguan official yesterday attacked President Reagan's anti-Sandinista stance and the Administration's efforts to aid Nicaraguan rebels...
...Nicaragua is not a communist country," said Martinez, who has been Minister of Foreign Trade since the 1979 establishment of the Sandinista government, citing the fact that the private sector accounts for 73 percent of the country's gross economic product...
...Sandinista government's main goal, according to Martinez is "to allow democracy to flourish." He told the audience of 50 that his country has striven for political diversity because it is "small and weak...
...Reagan Administration maintains that the Sandinista's have suppressed human rights and have become a Soviet satellite in the Americas. Reagan has used such claims in his efforts to win approval of $100 million in aid to the Nicaraguan Contras...
Martinez denied charges that the Sandinista government had neglected human rights, although he said it may have shown "inexperience" in its new revolutionary campaign...