What Next for Nicaragua?

Publication Date: May 1985

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Virginia Polk

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Latin American

Type: Report

Coverage: Nicaragua

Abstract:

U.S. policy to date has rested chiefly on military assistance to the Nicaraguan anti-government rebels as the most viable option for forcing the Nicaraguan government to move away from its alignment with the Soviet bloc and return to the original democratic ideals of the 1979 revolution. Further military assistance to the opposition forces has been defeated temporarily by Congress. Although it may be renewed in the future, the U.S. in any event must explore the feasibility and effectiveness of other policy options to halt the consolidation of a Soviet-aligned, Marxist government in Central America.