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Socialist Action, Vol. 5, No. 11, November 1987 · scan p. 13 · about 315 words

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SOCIALIST ACTION NOVEMBER 1987 13 the contras would be fully justified.

The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Costa Rican President Arias fits into this imperialist strategy of seeking to wrench concessions from the Sandinistas.

"Being the Nobel Prize winner, Oscar Arias now has tremendous moral authority in Central America and around the world," said Carlos Huembes, leader of Nicaragua's principal opposition coalition. "If Arias decides to condemn the Sandinistas and say dhsastous for them promises, it will be Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in a speech in mid-September 1987 to the Association of Nicaraguan Women, was sharply critical of this hard cop/soft cop strategy employed by the different wings of the U.S. capitalist class.

After lambasting the decision by the U.S. Congress to authorize an additional $3.5 million in humanitarian aid to the contras, Ortega was quoted in the Mexican daily La Jornada (Sept. 27, 1987) as follows:

"The U.S. Congress is incapable of ending contra aid and the United States' interventionist policy because Democrats as well as Republicans remain attached to the goal of liquidating the Sandinista Revolution. The Republicans wish to do this Baltimore Socialist Action P.O. Box 16005 Baltimore, MD 21218 Boston Soclalist Action P.O. Box 1046 GMF Boston, MA 02205 (617) 497-0230 Chicago Socialist Action P.O. Box 267848 Chicago, IL 60626 (312) 327-5752 Cincinnati Socialist Action P.O. Box 37029 Cincinnati, OH 45222 (513) 272-2596 Detroit Socialist Action P.O. Box 19613 Detroit, MI 48219 Grand Rapids Socialist Action P.O. Box 3505 Grand Rapids, MI 49501 Los Angeles P.O. Box 60605 Terminal Annex Los Angeles, Ch (213) 250-4608 Cleveland Socialist Action P.O. Box 6151 Cleveland, OH 44101 (216) 429-2167 Socia Action P.O. Box 14087 Dinkeytown Station Minneapolis, MN 55414 New York Socialist Action P.O. Box 20209 Ca. Finance 693 Columbus Ave.

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