Operaciones 200x9 Sicologicas 10958 En Guerra De 22999 Guerrillas
1984 1984-11Read it in the scan (PDF at ETOL), page 8 →
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8 SOCIALIST ACTION NOVEMBER 1984 Cover of the CIA's manual for contras seeking to overthrow Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Graphic depicts rows of heads with bullets through each one. The guide endorses murder of government officials. restored and the candidate registration period be reopened. Two days later the Supreme Electoral Council approved the measure and reopened the registration until Oct. 30—less than a week before the actual voting.
Campaign against elections
However the CDN is now calling for a postponement of the Nov. 4 date. This call has been taken up by the U.S. government as well as by representatives of the Socialist International. Willy Brandt, president of the Socialist International, met with FSLN representatives this fall, once in Rio de Janeiro and once in Managua.
The Sandinista government, for its part, has been willing to enter into negotiations with Cruz, who they believe has the authority to negotiate for ARDE and the FDN, the groups comprising the contras. According to an FSLN spokesperson at Columbia University on Oct.
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war is draining the country's resources, but that given the situation, people must be prepared to defend the country against aggression. This means continuing to put up with inflation and scarcity. In fact, a certain belt-tightening is necessary, both for the war and also to provide more aid in the Miskito areas of the northeast and areas of the north that have suffered war damage.
Thousands have been forced to abandon their towns and lands, and providing for these people has been a government priority. Failure to allocate the money in this way would, of course, result in handicapping the revolution.
The FSLN recognizes that its program for economic development is on hold as the country must throw all its meager forces into defending itself against U.S. aggression. The Sandinista government has sought to decentralize the country in order to make each area fairly self-sufficient, attempting to minimiże transportation difficulties and enabling the country to survive, even with a massive invasion. The FSLN does not promise better living conditions over this next period, but commits itself to leading a fight against those who would attempt to sell Nicaragua once again to the United States.
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