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There seems to be little hope for serious talks with the Cubans. Said one U.S. diplomat: "They have expressed not the slightest desire to address anything we wanted to talk about." But the U.S. is likely to negotiate with Nicaragua's Sandinista leaders, who are eager for discussion, as soon as the contending Salvadoran politicians finish what the voters started, by forming a government . - - By Thomas A. Sancton...
Serious negotiations between the U.S. and Nicaragua are far more likely. The central issues: Nicaragua's charges that the U.S. is threatening it with covert action and military invasion, and Washington's contention that the Sandinista regime is directing the left-wing insurgency in El Salvador. Daniel Ortega Saavedra, coordinator of the Nicaraguan junta, traveled to New York City last week to make his government's case before an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. "Aggressive and destabilizing actions against Nicaragua by the U.S. Administration have been dramatically on the rise," Ortega insisted...
While Washington was seeking to shore up the beleaguered forces of moderation in El Salvador last week, the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua declared a 30-day state of emergency in response to what it called U.S. threats of "aggression" and "covert plans" to undermine the government. The decree suspended most basic civil rights, including freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and the right to a judicial hearing before detention. The Sandinista government has put the press under strict censorship and restricted travel abroad for government officials, military personnel and political figures. In addition, a special new patriotic defense contribution will...
...week's end, Nicaragua called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council so that Junta Coordinator Daniel Ortega Saavedra could personally discuss what a Sandinista spokesman called the "ever increasing danger of a large-scale military intervention" by the U.S. It was not clear whether the Nicaraguans could muster the nine Security Council votes required to convene a session. Would Ortega engage in negotiations while in the U.S.? Said a Nicaraguan official: "We are well disposed to carry out any talks." But State Department officials were not inclined to go along. Said one: "The U.S. regards Nicaragua...
...Caribbean basin, and eventually the U.S. By 1969 the Communists had established violent groups to damage the economy in our region. The most violent attacks-kidnapings, terrorism-had great backing from the mistaken political thought of Mr. Jimmy Carter [a reference to Carter's tolerance for the Sandinista-led revolution in Nicaragua]. That is why Nicaragua is a pro-Soviet government today. Members of the U.S. Department of State, Venezuela, today. Members of the U.S. Department of State, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico helped. But Cuba ended up being the leader. The same scheme was tried...