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The Contras announced the ceasefire from Miami, saying it came in response to a call from Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, who is acting as a mediator in the nearly six-year-old conflict. The cease-fire was to mark the Roman Catholic celebration of the Immaculate Conception of the...
In Nicaragua, the Sandinistas provided no reception for opponents who had flown to the region from the U.S. In fact, they never allowed them into Nicaraguan territory at all. Contra Leaders Alfonso Robelo and Maria Azucena Ferrey tried to reach Managua last week to present counterproposals to the cease-fire...
One by one, they trooped to the Capitol Building for closed-door sessions with House Speaker Jim Wright. First came Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, toting a proposal for cease-fire talks between his Sandinista government and the U.S.-backed contras. After Ortega left, Secretary of State George Shultz arrived...
MANY CRITICS of Ginsburg, of course, would argue that privacy is not the crux of the issue here. The Ginsburg "scandal," after all, raised questions not only about the nominee's use of dope, but also about his integrity. Smoking the stuff may be a sin, but lying about it...
The offer was a stunning reversal for the Sandinistas, who for years have dismissed the contras as "U.S. puppets" and rejected talks of any kind with rebel leaders. Ortega tried to downplay the shift by emphasizing that his proposal does not extend to political negotiations. Cease-fire talks, he said...