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UNITED NATIONS--Nicaragua's foreign minister said yesterday his government will meet Contra demands for a truce and amnesty if the rebels agree to begin disbanding by the end of the month...
Ortega said the truce was being canceled because of increased Contra attacks, including one last week he said killed 18 people and another Monday that killed four...
MANAGUA, Nicaragua--President Daniel Ortega ended a 19-month truce with Contra guerrillas yesterday, blaming the United States for renewed rebel attacks and accusing President Bush of "promoting death, assassination, crime and terrorism in Nicaragua...
...White House denounced Ortega's decision to end the truce but brushed off talk about renewing military aid to the Contras. "We don't want to give him any excuse" to cancel elections scheduled for next February, said presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater...
Ortega contends the Contras have routinely violated the truce since it was signed in March 1988, a month after Congress suspended military aid to the rebels. He said that in 19 months, Contra attacks in Nicaragua killed more than 730 people and wounded more than 1000, mostly civilians...