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OPPOSING THE CONTRAS is not an endorsement of the Sandinistas. No one can credibly dispute Worden's contentions about the repressive nature of the Sandinistas. But his recommendation that the Contras are "the only viable alternative at this time to the Sandinistas" is false. A Sandinista threat can be contained much more effectively and humanely through economic and diplomatic means, options which the President has not sufficiently explored...
Shortly before fleeing into exile in 1979, Nicaraguan Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle erupted in fury over what he regarded as the complicity of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the Sandinista revolution. In particular, said Somoza, Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo of Managua should receive the new title of "Comandante Miguel." In fact, six years of increasingly harsh rule by the Marxist-oriented Sandinistas has brought Obando new prominence--and, indeed, notoriety. In 1985 Pope John Paul II elevated him to the College of Cardinals. He has emerged, in the eyes of Nicaragua's rulers, as their toughest critic. Foreign Minister...
...contra representative, who has met mixed receptions on other area campuses, said that the aid would furnish the Honduras-based rebels with equipment sorely needed if they are to overthrow the leftist Sandinista regime that took power in Nicaragua...
...President Derek C. Bok promised the club that if "Rosales came back, he would be heard. We're holding the University to that promise." The other speaker at the 8 p.m. Science Center event will be Maria Gonzalez, a native of El Salvador who is also opposed to the Sandinista government in Nicaragua...
While unfortunate, the congressional indecision may also be understandable. A New York Times/CBS News poll last week showed that, despite all the heat in Washington on the issue, only 38% of Americans are even aware that the U.S. has backed the contras in their fight against the Sandinista regime...