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Article: The Contras Surrender
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- The Washington Post
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- March 25, 1988
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The Democrats get their way. Peace appears to be breaking out in
Nicaragua. The contras, in a position of extreme military weakness
and demoralized by their American abandonment, have negotiated the
terms of their surrender. There was hardly the time and no longer
the will even to disguise the nature of the transaction. In keeping
with contemporary mores, contra leader Adolfo Calero was not asked to
hand over his sword, only his army.
To see the meaning of the cease-fire accord there is no need to
read between the lines. It is all in the lines. During the
initial truce, the contras will retreat to enclaves. At which
point, the Sandinistas will release half their supply of political ...