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- Subject: Who Were the "Contras" ? (V)
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- Who Were the "Contras" ? (V)
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- "..The contras cross the border from their bases in Honduras to commit
- acts of sabotage: burning cooperatives, blowing up bridges, killing
- and kidnapping teachers, health workers, and farmers.
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- "The victims of contra terror include people like the Barreras, a
- couple in their 60's who were well known and respected in the town of
- Esteli'. Last year the Barreras volunteered to help pick coffee near
- the boder because they felt this was part of their duty as
- Christians.
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- "The couple was kidnapped by contras and taken to a town in Honduras.
- There they were kept outside for four months and tortured daily as an
- example --their torturers said-- of what would happen to Christians
- who support the revolution. Later, other coffee pickers who managed to
- escape brought back word that the Barreras were dead.
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- "By September, 1983, the contras had killed nearly 700 Nicaraguans and
- had caused $600 million in damage to the economy..."
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- --Oxfam America report _Facts for Action_ -- "Nicaragua: Development
- Under Fire" Sept. 1983
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- T h e " N i c a r a g u a L i b r a r y "
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- * Nicaragua
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- WHO-WERE CONTRAS Contras' origins; make-up; practices - documented
- FSLN H-RIGHTS Documented HRs comparison w/Somoza,Guat,ES,others
- FSLN MISKITOS Sandinista treatment of Miskitos;Charges & Realit
- FSLN NICAJEWS Debunks charges of Sandinista 'Anti-Semitism'
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- OXFAM84 NICARAG Oxfam America's 1984 report on Nicaragua, in full
- FSLN ACHIEVE Documented: achievements of the Nica. revolution
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- NICA-84 ELECTION Documented: Fair under Sandinistas; US subversion
- FAIRNESS NICA-USA Flwup:`Is Nicaragua More Democratic than the US?'
- NICRAGUA ELECTION Study in US subversion of '90 Nicaraguan election
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