Word: noninterventionism
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As a crisp wind whipped the flags on the South Lawn of the White House, President Reagan welcomed De la Madrid with the U.S. prescription for regional peace. "Responsible governments of this hemisphere cannot afford to close their eyes to what is happening or be lulled by unrealistic optimism," Reagan...
Cautious as the phrasing was, De la Madrid's American hosts had little trouble getting his meaning. The reference to "rules of international law" was implicit criticism of the CIA-organized mining of Nicaraguan harbors. "Nonintervention" and "self-determination" referred to U.S. support for the contra guerrillas who are...
(5 of 12) members approve of last week's invasion. At an emergency meeting of the O.A.S., most countries called the action a violation of international law and the principles of nonintervention. Professor Abram Chayes of Harvard Law School, who played a key role in the determined and successful...
Even so, the Dominican Republic incident provoked an undercurrent of resentment in Latin America that helped spell the end of the Alliance for Progress. "Ever since the invasion of the Dominican Republic, we've been trying to tell other countries that the U.S. has forsworn military intervention," says Sol...
On the aims of the Contadora group. We have insisted on the need to reach a political agreement in Central America on the basis of nonintervention and self-determination. That would, among other things, eliminate foreign military advisers and control the arms race. We think that it is very important...