Nicaragua resists U.S. pressures
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Secretary of State George Schultz's surprise visit to Nicaragua in early June failed to produce even a slight shift in either U.S. or Nicaraguan policy. Schultz continued to place four demands on Nicaragua as the preconditions for an end to the CIA-organized contra war against the Sandinistas.
Schultz's demands included: (1) the withholding of Nicaraguan support of the Salvadoran guerrillas; (2) the withdrawal of Cuban and Soviet advisers; (3) a significant reduction in the size of the Nicaraguan armed forces; and (4) the respect of "pluralism, democracy, and human rights."
While the U.S. government raises a hue and cry over respect of pluralism and democracy, it opposes the actual elections that are scheduled for November in Nicaragua. These elections, in which all opposition parties can freely present candidates, will clearly demonstrate the support of the Nicaraguan people for the Sandinista government.
The Sandinistas, in a communique issued after Schultz's departure, reafNicaraguan "Somozistas" training in Florida.
firmed their position: "Internal affairs or any other question relevant to the sovereignty or self-determination [of Nicaragua] will not be made the object of negotiations." Nicaraguan Minister of Defense Humberto Ortega insisted that in order to achieve a political solution, "the United States must put an end to the war imposed on Nicaragua."
Schultz's visit had two real objectives. First, it aimed to pacify American public opinion in the wake of a series of revelations about the U.S. role in mining Nicaragua's harbors and the arming
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