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Ending the Other War in Nicaragua
Carrigan, A. | February 6, 1988 issue

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At a time when the war between the Sandinistas and the Miskito Indians has almost come to an end through lack of support among the native population in Nicaragua, the order to eliminate a Sandinista commander bears all the marks of a calculated political decision. The Miskitos are coming from refugee camps in Honduras. In 1981 and 1982 it was these same riverbank communities, the spiritual and cultural center of the Nicaraguan Miskito territories, that were ravaged by fighting and then left desolate by the forced relocation of villagers by Sandinista troops. INSET: The CIA's (Central Intelligence Agency) war..

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VIOLENCE; MOSQUITO Indians; REFUGEE camps; INDIANS of Central America -- Nicaragua; NICARAGUA; HONDURAS
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