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...have the real thing in mind. Minnesota's Albert Williams (who opened the season, and lost, for the Twins last week) is the only known former Sandinista guerrilla in the major leagues. Back in 1977, when the Nicaraguan-born athlete was in the Pittsburgh Pirates farm system, the Somoza government declined to renew his visa. As a Twins guidebook laconically puts it, "This prompted Al to sign up with the Sandinista National Liberation Front guerrillas, and he was engaged in jungle fighting against the forces of Anastasio Somoza for the next 16 months." Williams confirms it all but politely...
Astorga's remarkable past would be enough to disqualify her in the eyes of many American officials. But what makes her nomination doubly trouble some is that the man she murdered was not just any functionary in the regime of Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Apparently Pérez was also a valuable CIA "asset." The intelligence community is thought to have raised objections to Astorga's appointment. But a flat refusal has its risks. Some State Department officers argue that the nomination ought to go through rather than give the Sandinistas a chance to retaliate by declaring newly...
...that would save the displaced from dying of hunger." According to D'Aubuisson, the death squads do not exist. What about the 1,259 assassinations that, according to the archbishopric, the death squads carried out in 1983? "Those are, perhaps, Salvadoran Communists who died in Nicaragua fighting against Somoza, and whose names are now exploited by disinformation campaigns...
...governments under siege have trouble maintaining open societies and often sacrifice civil liberties in turn for survival. In addition, it would be foolish to think that even if Nicaraguan policies did finally meet with U.S. approval the Contras would stop fighting. Most of these groups, peopled by members of Somoza's National Guards, do not seek the improvement of Nicaraguan society according to U.S. standards but control of that society itself. They will neither give their U.S. arms back to their donors or stop using them. The United States would be well advised to negotiate with the Nicaraguans and offer...
WhiteWell, I think that the central criticism of the government of Nicaragua is that the Sandinistas right from the beginning, forgot or ignored the contribution that others made to the changing of Somoza to the overthrow squads. They don't persecute them--they just made them irrelevant. And that's a tremendous mistake that will flaw then actions until they reorient their thinking. The idea that these reforms are making the Sandinistas more tractable and more ready for negotiations. I just don't believe is historically accurate. They've been starting their willingness to negotiate without condition on any subject...