Word: sandinistas
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...what?" I asked, brushing some carbonized cocktail peanuts from my jacket. Rutger just shrugged. It appeared that the ring of Sandinista soldiers that had suddenly materialized out of the jungle would be making our decisions...
...smile crossed Congressman Gerry Studd's face last week as he confronted Assistant Secretary of State Eliott Abrams, a chief spokesman for the Reagan Administration's Central American policies. Testifying on Capitol Hill, Abrams had just flatly denied any U.S. government ties to an American cargo plane that Sandinista troops had shot down in Nicaragua on Oct. 5. Unconvinced, the Massachusetts Democrat snapped, "If the U.S. government is not paying for this, who is, the A-Team?" Equally frustrated, Democrat Peter Kostmayer of Pennsylvania charged that a "great deal of information is being held back...
Shortly after his capture by Sandinista troops, former U.S. Marine Eugene Hasenfus, 45, the sole survivor of the four-man crew, linked the ill-fated supply mission to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Moreover, a passel of memos, business cards and logbooks found aboard the aircraft produced a trail of American names and phone numbers from California to Washington. The evidence raised an outcry in the capital, and for good reason: any direct American involvement in the Nicaraguan war would violate a ban laid down by Congress...
...boots and medicine, intensified in August. Speedy delivery was crucial. The end of the rainy season next month, together with the expected arrival of the first $40 million installment of U.S. aid, should increase the contras' ability to hit targets inside Nicaragua -- as well as their vulnerability to Sandinista attack. The guerrillas' preparedness would have suffered badly, say U.S. experts, if the contras had waited for final ratification of the U.S. aid. Moreover, contra leaders consider a few successful engagements essential to maintain continuing congressional commitment to the aid program. That meant getting guns and equipment to guerrillas...
...dozen opposing students countered rally supporters' shouts of "USA, USA" with chants of "Si Si Sandinista...