Word: sandinistas
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...both houses, Reagan won some additional support with a last-minute pledge to reopen direct negotiations between the United States and the Sandinista government, a key issue in Democratic opposition to Reagan's policy toward Central America...
...Sandinistas have retained a New York-based public relations firm, Agendas International, headed by Donald J. Casey and Darryl Hunt, to analyze U.S. media coverage of the Nicaraguan government. The Sandinista cause has also been aided by Los Angeles Media Consultant Bill Zimmerman, who helped direct the campaigns of Presidential Hopeful Gary Hart and Chicago Mayor Harold Washington...
Florida, with its large population of Cuban and Nicaraguan exiles, has been the scene of the most vigorous anti-Sandinista demonstrations. Contra leaders were honored in Miami last month with parties and a parade during an official Nicaraguan Liberty Week. The star attraction was Fernando Chamorro, head of one of the smaller rebel armies. "We are trying to get a little visibility, to let the American public know us," said Chamorro. "We are here with great optimism and hope that the American government, and more important, the American people, will back us in our fight." Other groups arguing the contra...
Honduras, meanwhile, is far from comfortable with its role as an anti- Sandinista base. The country is the poorest in the region and complains loudly that Washington's military embrace has failed to bring the kind of economic aid that has been given to El Salvador, Honduras' traditional enemy. Hondurans worry about a collapse of the contra campaign that would cause all 12,000 or so rebels to flee Nicaragua and wander through their country in bands, toting American arms. Already, the country is feeling the strain of serving as a haven for Nicaraguan youths who flee the Sandinista military...
Another purpose of the maneuvers may be to slip some indirect aid to the contras. In the past, the anti-Sandinista guerrillas have picked up weapons | and equipment left behind by American troops after military exercises in Honduras ended. The contras could use some help. Though the U.S. Congress does not seem to be terribly disturbed by the American military maneuvers, it cut off direct funding of the anti-Sandinista rebels last June. A vote likely in the next month on the Reagan Administration's request to renew aid with a $14 million appropriation is expected to be breathtakingly close...