Contra Leader Cruz Resigns - Los Angeles Times


Contra Leader Cruz Resigns - Los Angeles Times

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WASHINGTON — Nicaraguan _ contra _ rebel leader Arturo Cruz has resigned his post as a director of the United Nicaraguan Opposition, his son said today. The son, Arturo Jr., said the reasons


for Cruz’s resignation will be spelled out in a letter scheduled to appear in Tuesday’s editions of the Miami Herald. Cruz, a former Sandinista ambassador to Washington, has been feuding


with his rebel colleague, Adolfo Calero. He was at the point of resigning last month but decided to remain on as a UNO director after receiving assurances that the rebel movement would


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