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From the capitals of Western Europe to Central America's jungles, Nicaragua's Sandinista government was on the move last week. Its main objective: to outflank the Reagan Administration and its allies by force of diplomacy and of arms. On the diplomatic front, the Sandinistas were trying -- less than successfully, as it turned out -- to open a rift between the U.S. and Western Europe over the trade embargo that Washington imposed on Nicaragua earlier this month. At the same time, Nicaraguan troops were foraying along the frontier with Honduras in a continuing effort to contain anti-Sandinista contra rebels ensconced...
Even as Nicaragua dangled the prospect of a change of course, Sandinista soldiers launched a one-day incursion into neighboring Honduras in pursuit of the contra guerrillas. After being repulsed by the contras, the Sandinistas returned to the attack at week's end. At least one Honduran soldier was killed and several others were wounded in the second incursion, leading the Honduran military to declare the border area a "zone of military emergency...
...hints of Sandinista military changes came as U.S. Democratic Congressmen were showing signs of regret for their decision three weeks ago to refuse $14 million to the contras this year, even when the money was labeled humanitarian relief. The biggest factor in changing congressional minds was Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra's tete-a-tete in Moscow on April 29 with Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Ortega continued his 13-day trip through the East bloc last week, meeting, among others, Polish Prime Minister General Wojciech Jaruzelski...
...Sandinistas may have internal reasons for considering a change in the highly unpopular draft law. It has led to widespread draft evasion and even fights between Nicaraguans and Sandinista officials who roam the country looking for recruits. At the same time, the Sandinistas evidently feel that their armed forces, already much larger than those of any neighboring country, are at appropriate strength levels...
...Problem: the specter of "another Cuba" in Nicaragua. Cause: the Sandinista regime. Solution: bring down that regime by backing the contras...