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Subject: Nicaragua Newsbreifs 1/25 ed-lp
Date: 27 Jan 93 04:43:00 GMT
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Subject: Nicaragua Newsbreifs 1/25 ed-lp
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From el diario/La Prensa

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el Diario/La Prensa" is 
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Nicaragua: UNO Seeks Dialogue with Sandinistas

The UNO coalition, made up of 11 (sic) [previous articles 
have said 12] political parties, has requested a dialogue with 
representatives of the Sandinista Front, in order to seek a way 
out of Nicaragua's crisis, because they believe that the 
government of President Violeta Chamorro, is "about to end." 
Christian Democrat deputy Luis Humberto Guzman said on January 20
that since the UNO decided to become the official opposition, it 
is less optimistic about reaching an agreement with the 
government in regard to finding a new direction. 

However, the alliance wants to have a dialogue with the Sandinista
National Liberation Front (FMLN) since it has finally come to
recognize it as a permanent political force. According to Guzman,
Chamorro's government is becoming less and less interested in
finding a way out of the crisis, although Chamorro's term does not
end until 1996. UNO is promoting a plebiscite in which the
Nicaraguan people would vote whether or not Chamorro's term should
end immediately. However, such a move requires the approval of
two-thirds of the parliament, and therefore it is unlikely that
the plebischite will take place. Guzman, who is travelling to
Bonn, Germany at that government's invitation, has suggested that
the Nicaraguan government make a sharp change in direction and
conduct substantial negotiations among the different political,
economic and social actors in Nicaragua. Warning that the
conflictive political situation and growing economic deterioration
of the people cannot go on indefinitely, Guzman stated that the
government, after three years in power, has now lost its
opportunity. (edlp 01/21/93 from Notimex)


Nicaraguan Re-Armed Contras Still Have Red-Eye Missiles

Groups of rearmed ex-contras in northern Nicaragua have Red-
Eye anti-missile missles, according to army Lieutentant Colonel 
Ricardo Wheelock. "Those missiles remained in Honduran territory 
or were buried in the mountains when the resistance was 
dismantled in June of 1990," said Wheelock. The newspaper La 
Prensa, owned by President Chamorro's family, published 
photographs of the rearmed ex-contras with one of the missiles in
their January 20 edition, and said that they claim to have at 
least a dozen of them. Wheelock, in a radio interview, said, 
"Effectively, the rearmed groups still have the anti-aircraft 
missiles" sent by the two last US administrations.

"This is not only a danger to the air force, but also to 
civilian aviation," he continued. He calcuated that over 300 men 
were rearmed in the north, who act, guerrilla-style, in small 
groups. (edlp 01/21/93 from AP)


Nicaraguan Government Seeking Sequeira Murderers

     The Nicaraguan Ministry of Government has asked the 
Nicaraguan people for their cooperation in capturing three former
soldiers suspected of having been the material authors of the 
recent killing of a Nicaraguan business and political leader. 
["material authors" means they committed the crime. An earlier 
article in edlp said they were suspected of being the 
"intellectual authors," or, the masterminds, but not necessarily 
the perpetrators.] Arges Sequeira was killed on November 23 near 
his farm. He belonged to the High Council for Private Enterprise 
(COSEP) and was the leader of an organization of over 20,000 
people who are trying to reclaim properties which had been 
confiscated by the Sandinistas. He was also a prominent member of
the Liberal Constitutionalist Party.

On January 14 Minister of Government Alfredo Mendieta and 
the Director General of the National Police, Commander Fernando 
Caldera, identified the presumed killers as three former soldiers
who were released from the army in August of 1992. They are 
former Lieutenant Frank Ibarra, former Captain Diego Javier 
Espinoza and former Lieutenant German Lacayo. Ibarra was the 
regional chief for the Defense Information Office; Espinoza had 
been his assistant; Lacayo had worked for the Miniser of Government.
(edlp 01/22/93 from AP)


Sandinista Army Battles Recontras

The Sandinista army redoubled its attacks against the 
rearmed ex-contras, despite a new proposal by the insurgents to 
renew the interrupted dialogue which began in December. Army 
troops fought a group of recontras on January 21 for two and a 
half hours near El Zungaro, in Nueva Segovia, at the Honduran 
border, according to reports confirmed by the International 
Commission for Support and Verification (CIAV), an agency of the 
OAS (Organization of American States). El Zungaro is in a zone 
designated as a "security zone" where recontras are gathering 
prior to January 31 in order to begin a dialogue. CIAV officials 
said the battle was "very serious," since it took place two days 
before the talks were supposed to begin. (edlp 01/23493/ from AP)


Nicaraguan Comptroller Asks Chamorro to Fire Lacayo

The Comptroller General of Nicaragua, Guillermo Potoy, asked
President Violeta Chamorro on January 22 to fire Minister of the 
Presidency, Antonio Lacayo, for presumed "administrative 
responsibility" for the mishandling of $1 million.

During a press conference in Managua Potoy said that 
Chamorro must fire Lacayo, who is considered to be the most 
influential government official in the country. Chamorro rejected
Potoy's request. (edlp 01/24/93 from AFP)



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