Word: sandinistas
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...been a long winter of discontent for the contras. First there was the allegation last November that funds from U.S. arms sales to Iran had been illegally diverted to bank accounts held by the rebels fighting Nicaragua's Sandinista regime. Since that bombshell, congressional criticism of the U.S.-backed contra movement has mounted. Now a power struggle within the rebel leadership may further damage the cause...
...pushing the case for the contras, the Administration stresses the rebels' claim that they now have about 10,000 soldiers inside Nicaragua and are fighting to inspire a popular insurrection against the Sandinista regime. However, those troop estimates cannot be independently verified, and there is little evidence that the contras are sparking a civilian uprising. On the contrary, the liberal human-rights group Americas Watch issued a report last week citing myriad abuses committed by the rebels. Although the 170-page document takes the Sandinistas to task for their harsh treatment of prisoners, it is most critical of the contras...
Hall proved too much for his Sandinista jailers. After examining him, psychiatric experts judged Hall to be an "unstable personality inclined to carry out actions which could endanger his own life." With that, Attorney General Rodrigo Reyes ruled that Hall was not responsible for his acts and last week packed him off to Miami...
...past the Contras have used Cayman Island bank accounts--protected by bank secrecy laws in that small island nation--for transfers of funds to pay for military operations in their war against the leftist Sandinista government in Managua...
...Sandinista government has said Sam Hall, 49, needs institutional care not available in Nicaragua...