In Central America, A Dismal Record for the Contadora Process

Publication Date: March 1986

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

Author(s): William Pascoe

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Latin American

Type: Report

Coverage: Nicaragua

Abstract:

After three years of ups and downs in the negotiations, it is clear that the Contadora Process has achieved all that it is going to--essentially nothing. pressure must be applied to the Nicaraguan communist regime. This pressure must be military as well as diplomatic: it must include U.S. support for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, as well as a
sustained effort through the OAS. But do the nations of the Western took in helping bring to power the Sandinista regime in 1979? And does the U.S. Congress have the will to take the actions necessary to bring democracy to Nicaragua?