1 Alejandro Bendana, former secretary-general of Nicaragua's foreign ministry and now Director of the Institute of International Affairs, University of Central America (UCA), Managua, speaking in London, January 1991, at a conference organised by the Catholic Institute for International Race Relations (CIIR).
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2 Marta Harnecker, interview with Humberto Ortega, 'Nicaragua the strategy of victory', in Bruce Marcus (ed.), Sandinistas Speak (New York, 1982), p. 78-78.
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3 Bendafla, London, January 1991.
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4 Ibid.
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5 Barricada Internacional (Managua), 1990, (Nos 318, 32t), 323-5, 328-3t), 1990); see particularly FSLN, 'The revolution and the electoral defeat', in Barricada Internacional (July 14 1990).
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6 Bendana, London, January 1991.
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7 Ibid.
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8 Ibid.
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9 See Fred Halliday, The Making of the Second Cold War, (London, 1986).
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10 At a televised press briefing on 21 February 1985, Ronald Reagan stated that the US wished to eradicate the 'present structure' of the Nicaraguan government.
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11 See Holly Sklar, Washington's War on Nicaragua (Boston, 1988).
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12 See Marta Harnecker, op. cit.
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13 Alejandro Bendafia, 'The foreign policy of the Nicaraguan revolution', in Thomas W. Walker (ed.), Nicaragua in Revolution (New York, 1982), p. 326-326.
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14 John Lamperti, What are we Afraid of? (Boston, 1988), pp. 33-34.
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15 Miguel D'Escoto, excerpt from speech to the 37th General Assembly of the United Nations, in 'Nicaragua: situation report number 4', January 1983.
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16 'Nicaragua's peace initiatives' (Embassy of Nicaragua, London, mimeo, 1985).
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17 See William M. Leogrande, 'The United States and Nicaragua', in Thomas W. Walker (ed.), Nicaragua: the first five years (London. 1985).
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18 President Portillo's speech reprinted in English in Robert S. Leiken and Barry Rubin (eds.), The Central American Crisis Reader (New York, 1987).
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19 Alejandro Bendana, author's interview, Managua, September 1988.
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20 Letter to President Reagan reprinted in Leiken and Rubin, op. cit., pp. 638-40.
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21 Edward Best, US Policy and Regional Security in Central America (London, 1987).
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22 Pierre Harrisson, Etats-Unis Contra Nicaragua (Geneva, 1988), p. 81-81.
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23 Ibid., p.227.
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24 Alejandro Bendana, author's interview, Managua, September 1988.
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25 BBC Summary of World Broadcasts ME/0387 D/1 (17 February 1989).
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26 See Liz Chilsen and Sheldon Rampton, Friends in Deed: the story of US-Nicaragua sister cities (Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua, 1988): for details of British twinning links, see Hazel Smith et al, 'Local authorities and Nicaragua' (London Borough of Lambeth, 1986, unpublished document).
