Word: sandinistas
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...stirred up a storm among Congressmen and the nation's allies when it came out that the CIA had directed the mining of Nicaraguan harbors in order to discourage Soviet and Cuban arms shipments. Reagan encountered further trouble over U.S. funding of the contra forces battling the Sandinista regime. The main opposition parties did not participate in the country's November elections, leaving the legitimacy of the Sandinistas in question...
...with NATO allies, to name a few-Weinberger is far more hawkish than Shultz. But on the use of U.S. armed forces, the Pentagon boss reflects the views of military commanders who still shudder at the memory of Viet Nam. While the Pentagon clearly would like to see the Sandinista regime topple in Nicaragua, Weinberger has ruled out direct U.S. military involvement. Said he: "The President will not allow our military forces to creep-or be drawn gradually-into a combat role in Central America." Shultz, while no less opposed to military entanglements in that region, has long insisted that...
Like the proverbial mule, the contras fighting the Sandinista government of Nicaragua just keep plodding along. Six months after the U.S. Congress voted to cut off their covert Central Intelligence Agency funding, the rebels have come to depend increasingly on supplies and money from private U.S. sources. Economic hardship has forced the guerrilla factions to halt their frequent bickering, but a united front remains elusive. The war itself has quieted down, with the insurgents avoiding battles with Nicaraguan troops in favor of ambushes and hit-and-run strikes. The overall reality, however, has not changed: the contras right...
...high profile. When it was being distributed in Nicaragua, however, it seems the manual was also highflying. Congressional investigators revealed last week that packets of the controversial booklets were attached to about 100 specially designed balloons and floated from neighboring Honduras to Nicaragua last March to scare the leftist Sandinista government by creating the impression that the Washington-backed rebel effort was more widespread than it was. The airborne handbooks, coated in plastic to make them water-resistant, were among 3,000 printed at CIA headquarters. But only a fraction were ever sent aloft, because the agency was short...
...most prominent member of Nicaragua's democratic opposition, Arturo Cruz Porras, 60, has long criticized both the Marxist-led Sandinista government and the Reagan Administration for their part in polarizing his country. Last week, however, Cruz gave surprising support to the White House in one of its most controversial aims: persuading Congress to reinstate funds to the anti-Sandinista rebels known as the contras...