Word: junta
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...Nicaragua, the people we kept down for so long rose up. In El Salvador the people have not been able to surmount the U.S.-supported junta. Why then would an improvement in Nicaraguan defense capabilities be so "alarming," in the words of the majority? Liberals can't seem to understand the nature of American involvement in the region, and they aren't taking the side of liberty and equality...
...dropping out. "There are not sufficient guarantees for an electoral process," said a Liberal Party official. "The results could not sincerely reflect the majority will of the Nicaraguan people." If that were not enough, Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, head of the national bishops' conference, last week criticized the junta for using "violent and repressive measures" and imposing "a regime that plunders, imprisons and constantly calls people to arms...
...Daniel Ortega Saavedra, the day began with a two-hour drive from Managua, the capital, to the ranching town of Juigalpa. As the coordinator of Nicaragua's ruling junta, Ortega presided over a town meeting in the local movie theater. Then, as the Sandinista party candidate for President in the Nov. 4 elections, he led a parade of jubilant supporters through the town's narrow streets. Dressed in his customary army fatigues, Ortega acted like the seasoned politico, waving to onlookers, kissing babies and savoring the cheers of "De Frente! De Frente! Daniel por Presidente!" (Forward! Forward! Daniel...
...purpose in holding elections, which is to persuade critics at home and abroad that the Sandinista government legitimately represents the Nicaraguan people. What makes the vote especially suspect in U.S. eyes is the absence of a strong opponent to Ortega. Arturo Cruz Porras, a former member of the Sandinista junta, originally planned to head a ticket backed by the Coordinadora, an amalgam of opposition political parties, labor unions and businessmen. Cruz's supporters, however, demanded concessions from the Sandinistas, including a relaxation of press censorship. After several weeks of bargaining, the talks broke down. Though foreign diplomats in Managua...
...Nicaraguan junta has taken advantage of its freedom to renege on a number of promises it made to nations interested in an end to hostilities. Even erstwhile friends of the Sandinistas are wary of the government's stated intentions to hold truly free elections on November 4 and are wearying of its proclivity to blame all of its considerable economic woes on the United States. Reliable reports from Nicaragua have it that the government is going out of its way to squelch the campaign of the most prominent of its opponents, the disillusioned former junta member Artoro Cruz, and right...