Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
Ortega read a communique in which he said, "Nicaragua reaffirms once again that, regardless of the position assumed by the mercenary forces, the electoral process culminating with the Feb. 25 elections will be guaranteed...
Alejandro Bendana, secretary-general at the Foreign Ministry, said later that Nicaragua had no plans to cancel the elections. Commenting on possible renewed U.S. military aid to the Contras, Bendana added, "Obviously, if they let a bomb fall here we can't have elections...
After meeting with Bush earlier, Ortega had told reporters, "I told President Bush that my government supports the electoral process and that we are working for peace in Nicaragua...
...part, Ortega said Bush was "always trying to trample on Nicaragua...