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...White House saw as a timely confirmation of one of its most controversial foreign policies. In a meeting with journalists, President Reagan argued that the Administration's deft handling of the Philippine crisis strengthened the case for increased U.S. aid to the contra rebels, who are battling the Marxist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. Explained Secretary of State George Shultz, who followed Reagan at the briefing: "We see in Nicaragua, much more than in the Philippines, a government at odds with its people." A State Department aide put it more politically. "We feel we're on a roll," he said...
While they may never be fast friends, Nicaragua and Costa Rica moved last week to ease the border tensions that threatened to destroy their already edgy relations. The two countries agreed to form a joint patrol of their 225-mile frontier to prevent clashes between Sandinista forces and U.S.-backed contras based in Costa Rica. The arrangement is designed to avoid incidents like the shooting deaths of two Costa Rican guardsmen last May, which resulted in abruptly severed diplomatic relations. Reason: San Jose blamed the violence on Sandinista troops, while Managua blamed the contras...
Intended to "raise the people's consciousness of the covert war that the U.S. is waging against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua," the "Crosses of Sorrow and Hope" bear the names of those killed in Nicaragua by the Contras, said Karen L. Wood, a student at the Divinity School...
With private briefings as well as speechmaking, the Administration last week began the difficult job of persuading congress to authorize $100 million in military and economic aid for the contras seeking to overthrow the Marxist- Leninist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. Administration officials also confirmed in congressional testimony that the CIA will funnel some $15 million in covert aid to rebels fighting the Cuban- and Soviet-backed government of Angola. This week the President will go on national television to plead for public support for his massive defense buildup, which is threatened by the deficit cutters on Capitol Hill. Reagan...
...will never be sorry that I made the decision to help you," Reagan told the Grenadians. Now, he added, the U.S. "must help those struggling for freedom in Nicaragua." The Soviets and Cubans, Administration officials contended, are strengthening the Sandinista regime's defenses with a "massive influx" of weapons. Though Congress approved $27 million in "humanitarian aid" to the contras last year, "we have to do more," Reagan told a delegation of congressional leaders at the White House last week. "You can't fight attack helicopters piloted by Cubans with Band-Aids and mosquito nets." Administration officials warn that...