Word: sandinista
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...These Sandinista abuses would be illegal in most democracies. But anti-UNO violence and direct intimidation of the opposition also ran rampant...
Former President Jimmy Carter's monitoring organization said in late January that 300 UNO poll-watchers had been intimidated into resigning. Similarly, more than 100 opposition candidates had resigned by mid-December because of Sandinista intimidation, the OAS reported. The military played a part in intimidation too, as defense minister Humberto Ortega stated his intention to "neutralize" those "encouraging the Yankee invasion" of Panama, a reference...
...said Ronald Reagan, he believed in the Nicaraguan contras and wanted them to prosper. But he never instructed his aides to violate a congressional prohibition on giving them Government aid. He never knew that the profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been used to arm the anti-Sandinista guerrillas. His admonition to his staff, he insisted, was always, "We don't break...
Even if Chamorro wins, many Nicaraguans doubt that the Sandinistas would willingly relinquish power to her, especially control of the 70,000-member armed forces, which is called the Sandinista People's Army and is the main guarantor of the F.S.L.N.'s power. Chamorro favors drastically reducing the army's size. If Ortega should win in a fair election, the U.S. would be under pressure to normalize relations with Managua or at the very least to lift the economic boycott imposed in 1985. For now, the Bush Administration is taking a tough stance, promising to improve relations with the Sandinistas...
...move signals the end of CIA involvement in the moribund struggle against Nicaragua's Sandinista regime, since Bermudez was the last contra on the payroll. By severing its sole known tie to the rebels, the CIA acknowledged that the contras are finished as a fighting force. The cutoff also signals a small victory for Secretary of State James Baker. He wants the contras to negotiate an end to their dispute with the Sandinistas...