Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free april a photo Contra commander Geronimo right directs rebel fighter during exercises earlier this week in Ortega wary despite Accord last Contra must disarm before War truly president says from a Reuters Managua despite a pact to disband the Contra outgo ing president Daniel Ortega said nicaraguans cant be sure their country Niney Earold civil War is Over until the last rebel lays Down his the contras signed an Accord thursday with the United National opposition and the sandinista to begin turning in their weapons next the Day the 14plarty bloc and president elect Violeta bar Rios de Chamorro Are to take of the contras Are to give up All of their arms by june and All sides agreed to a ceasefire that went into effect at noon thurs there has been widespread speculation the government might not Transfer Power As pledged despite its loss in 25 elections if the contras do not the situation has created an Atmo sphere of Mutual and or Tega appealed for we still cant say that peace has but we can say today that we Are much closer to peace and Are distancing ourselves from he said after a meeting with Bernard the assistant state Secretary for inter american of the War will have disappeared on the moment that All the contras have and the deadline is june Ortega Aronson made no comments Dur ing his on Day visit to except when he came out of Cha Morros Home and told reporters the two had discussed the anti Chamorro forces make positions Clear by Mary to Mcconahay san Francisco examiner Managua less than a week before president elect Violeta bar Rios de Chamorro the Broad outlines of the opposition she will face Are far clearer than the kind of government she will As Chamorro struggles to formulate a program for this bankrupt the foe she beat so roundly in february out going president Daniel has emerged from the tense transition period with his reputation in Ortega never seemed As presidential As he has in the last two making concessions at regional summits while still appear ing to get his own Way and conceding defeat to Chamorro in a dignified manner that nevertheless left no one believing he is about to undisputed Leader while Chamorro has yet to per Suade Many nicaraguans that she can ride Herd on her 14party National opposition Union or Tega remains the undisputed Leader of the sandinista National libera Tion front which garnered 40 per cent of the presidential vote and will be the largest opposition bloc in the next National Chamorro will have formidable allies in her including the United private business and Miguel Cardinal Obando y an important Force in this roman Cath Olic As political analyst Xavier Gorostiaga said the ques Tion now is to what Point can Uno govern the country the Sandinia after hold the Power to paralyse the the sandinista say that while they do not intend to be unnecessarily they Are not prepared to concede any of the institutional changes Reform and the rights to strike and for instance achieved since the fall of the Somoza dictatorship in in addition to the and per haps ultimately More nettle some to Are a Range of organizations planning to Challenge the new president and her conservative allies in the National we Are going to fight against the probable intent of Uno to privatize state and insist on the civil service Law that says no employee of the state can be said Ronaldo a Leader of one of the country largest labor Organiza the sandinista workers Cen the labor group is not connected with the but can be expected to Back it in attacking elements of the Chamorro recovery across town at the Headquarters of the sandinista youth which counts some founder Noe emphasizes Independence from the but he acknowledges that the group is intent on preventing a Rollback of the conquests of the sandinista revolution the vote at age free Public transportation for students and Between and scholar ships abroad every year for students from poor a Well organized movement with a wide reach in the its own ideological training school and its own sources of income 85 per cent of funds come from its sound sys disco and auditorium rental businesses the sandinista youth organization can potentially Gen Erate formidable political muscle in a country where 75 per cent of the population is under one special concern of the May be Cardinal Obando y who has Chamorro ear on the favors a More conservative curriculum and reportedly is pushing for like mind de people to be appointed to important education ministry Addi Chamorro will face considerable opposition if she at tempts to privatize schools or make them pay their which some observers Are at the the University of Central a Jesuit institution where students now pay a officials Are concerned that a Cut in govern ment subsidies will push fees As High As if change is resistance will be very said Ricardo director of the Campus pastoral women movement the women movement in Nica largely financed by organizations in the United states and eur also is expected to add its voice to the we expect a fight Over the work and Over the need to establish penalties in rape and child abuse which dont exist said Lourdes a single Mother Active in the the conserva Tive members of the National As Sembly resisted current Laws mandating economic responsibilities for fathers and setting standards for portrayal of women in advertising and the Ulloa now those same conservatives Are running the but we wont go she the peace process and the economic assistance president Bush has asked Congress to approve million in Aid to help Chamorro revive Nicara guas battered an estimated people were killed by the civil War in the country of three there Are about contras in they waged their insurgency against the sandinista from honduran Border Camps and with but the United states Cut off Mili tary Aid in february the fight ing tapered to sporadic Battles and most of the rebels have slipped Back into the Chamorro and Ortega had asked them to in very we dont want War any More we want we want she said after meeting with like i told Daniel Ortega yesterday All of us have to give each other a helping following 14 hours of the the sandinista controlled Uno officials and Miguel Cardinal Obando y the roman Catholic primate of Mana signed the the agreement also Calls for sandinista military forces to Complete their withdrawal from five rebel Security zones and for the guerrillas to begin concentrating immediately in those another agreement Between the sandinista army and the miskito Indian who Are Allied with the established a ceasefire that started at Midnight thursday night in the sparsely populated East Ern half of it Calls for the demobilization of the Indian rebel Force by May missions of the United nations and organization of american states Are charged with supervising the a the sandinista had threatened general strikes and other actions if the contras did not demobilize by inauguration and there was always the threat of armed clashes and even renewed civil the sandinista National libera Tion front ended 46 years of political domination by the so Moza family in 1979 when it toppled the regime of dictator Anastasio Somoza after 17 years of bloody political shedding tears of re Lief and bearing their Furni Ture and other 214 nicaraguan refugees returned Home thursday from years of exile in Costa United nations officials say the trickle of returning refugees has been growing since Chamorro election Victory Over Ortega in february Paulina decamps of the United nations High commission for Refu gees said 304 other nicaraguans have been voluntarily repatriated from Costa Rica since Chamorro Victory and that 600 More have signed up to make the Daylong in nicaraguans went and this year the in Agency estimates that 95 per cent of the refugees in Camps in Costa Rica will about nicaraguans in Costa Rica hold refugee status and another Are undocumented illegal witness wanted 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8002828069 liked vie for reins surprises in Peres says from Reuter sap Jerusalem caretaker prime minister Yitzhak Shamir and labor party Leader Shimon Peres both reinforced their parliamentary support in the latest round of their Battle to form israels next Shamir won backing from his righting liked bloc for a Deal to entice Back four breakaway legislators who Are crucial to his efforts to forge a parliamentary at a liked Central committee meeting which ended in the Early hours of an Accord with the faction led by Maverick economics minister Yitzhak Modai was approved by 70 per cent of the delegates who Peress Hopes of forming a government were also revived late thursday when a religious Mem Ber of known As the switched sides to sign a coalition agreement with the labor Ultra orthodox rabbi Avraham Verdiger helped to prevent Peres from forming a new government last week when he left the party just As parliament was due to Convene to approve a per sled Peres now has 60 votes in the 120seat leaving it Verdiger said he would work to persuade rabbi Eliezer who also quit the Gudat Israel party rather than vote for to Back labor Peres said after a labor party meeting the Only thing i can say is that surprises Are still in Verdiger said labor accepted three conditions a referendum prior to any territorial Concession in the occupied a guarantee of existing jewish settlements and a review clause if no other religious party joins the government after three Peres has been Given a Chance to form the next government by president Chaim if he fails to Muster a majority by next thursdays Shamir will probably be offered the Opp Ortu labor negotiator Moshe Shahal said the party now Hopes to per Suade the religious shas party to help Peres to form a govern news of verdigets change of sides dampened spirits at the liked in a statement before the a tearful Shamir pleaded with Avraham Sharir to also return to the meeting heard angry opposition to the which Guaran tees Modai the powerful finance at All costs we must prevent Peres from leading the nation with an Arafat backed gov said liked Hartline former defence minister Ariel Peres has pledged to accept a peace proposal for the first Ever direct Israel palestinian talks leading to elections in the occupied West Bank and Gaza settlers granted reprieve Jerusalem Reuter jew ish settlers won some breathing space yesterday in a Legal Battle to stay in a disputed Christian building inside the walled old City of at the end of an eight hour the israeli supreme court allowed the 150 Ultra a Tion Alist settlers to stay in the greek orthodox Church called Johns until thursday when it will consider the Case we Are very Happy with the decision the Clouds will Digap said David a spokesman for the near the at the Church of the holy traditional site of christs a greek orthodox priest raised a Black Flag and sounded a sad tune on the Church clergy and palestinian Resi dents of the area held a Candle Light Vigil outside the 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