Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...
...backed Contras and Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government began their first direct talks in more than a year yesterday in an effort to end an eight-year-old war that has taken an estimated 12,000 lives...
Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto of Nicaragua said before the meeting that key Contra demands would be met if demobilization began by the end of November...
...announcement was a blow to the Central American peace process and the Aug. 7 agreements that called for disbanding the Contras in exchange for moves toward democratization in Nicaragua...
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...