Nicaragua

The Nicaraguan church, once an ally of the right-wing dictatorship Daniel Ortega helped overthrow, is again becoming a partner of the state.

Nicaragua is conducting a prison release program that has broad implications on the future of Central American prison reform.

Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, is expected to win re-election by a wide margin this weekend. If so, he will continue to build his legacy while Washington...

The Feb 1990 election defeat of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, although a most welcome development for US foreign policy, has (like Noriega's removal in Panama) left...

Covers US foreign policy in Latin America during 1988, discussing (1) Nicaragua (2) Panama and the Noriega problem (3) drug trafficking (4) the progress towards...

Recent and forthcoming elections in key Latin American countries come at a time when US relations with many states in the region are particularly uncertain....

Gives details of both US and regional (Arias) initiatives for peace in Nicaragua, with a pessimistic view of the contras' ability to win either the war or an...

The USA maintains that its aim is for a peaceful settlement in Nicaragua in a regional context that advances the prospects for democracy, protects the interests of...

Assesses the status of revolutionary forces in Central America, arguing that none will be successful. Catholicism and conservatism have deeper roots than Marxism....

Uses the example of Nicaragua to argue for selective containment of Soviet expansion and influence under the 'Reagan doctrine'. The Contras should be supported.

States the case for civil liberties in Nicaragua, arguing that the goal of the opposition press in that country is to support freedom of opinion. Emphasizes La...

A few days after Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980, U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Lawrence Pezzullo gave a long interview in his Managua office. "It's...

The Reagan Administration is at war with Nicaragua. Like other wars the United States has fought since 1945 it is an undeclared war. It is also a small war. No U.S....

Nicaragua's Revolution is, in my judgment, in danger of dying in its infancy. I joined the Revolutionary Government with appreciation and pride. I served it with a...

As the 1980s begin, U.S. interests in Latin America are greater than ever while traditional instruments of American government power in the area are far less...

For two decades, the hemispheric policy of the United States has been haunted by the specter of "another Cuba." The fear that Cuba's revolutionary upheaval might be...