Bush, Congress Favor Aid For New Government ALL EDITIONS

After a decade of estrangement and secret war, relations between the United States and Nicaragua seem ready for transformation in the wake of an election that is widely seen as a major victory for U.S. interests. With the pre-Christmas invasion of Panama that led to Manuel Noriega's capture, Cu...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Myron S. Waldman and Susan Page. Newsday Washington
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 27.02.1990
EditionCombined editions
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Baker, James A III
Bush, George
Chamorro, Violeta
Ortega, Daniel
Washington
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Summary:After a decade of estrangement and secret war, relations between the United States and Nicaragua seem ready for transformation in the wake of an election that is widely seen as a major victory for U.S. interests. With the pre-Christmas invasion of Panama that led to Manuel Noriega's capture, Cuba is now the only nation in the hemisphere with a government that is steadfastly opposed by the United States. Administration officials met yesterday to discuss when and how to lift the 9-year-old sanctions that have weakened the Nicaraguan economy, which is plagued by inflation and shrunk by 10 percent in 1988, according to government economists. Since 1985, the United States has barred imports from Nicaragua and banned U.S. exports there except to support the contras. The sanctions would automatically expire May 1. [Stephen Solarz] said [Violeta Chamorro] told him that she would ask a variety of nations for a total of about $1 billion in aid, and put her request to the United States at between $200 million and $300 million. House Speaker Thomas Foley (D-Wash.) suggested the United States might send about as much in economic aid as had been provided to the contras - a total of more than $325 million from 1984 to 1989.