(13 May 1983) ROVING REPORT 8319A: NICARAGUA: A FIRE IN AMERICA’S BACKYARD
13.5.83
RR Background to Story: President Reagan, worried that
Nicaragua is a focus of revolution in troubled Central
America, is backing opponents of the Sandinist regime in
Managua. But Congress is putting pressure on him for a
peaceful solution. This report from Washington, Honduras,
Nicaragua and El Salvador, gives the background.
Film Shows: Reagan speech to Congress, aftermath clash at
Nicaraguan/Honduran border, map. Somozistas on the march;
Sandinistas at barracks, Ortega presser, damaged buildings
in Managua, shops and people, petrol queue, rally in
provincial town, Reagan Congress speech, map, Salvador
government troops action, guerrillas, Reagan Congress speech,
Nicaraguan patrol boat, Honduran patrol along bordeer,
Contras preparing for action, US Embassy in Nicaragua, US
photograph of Cuban bases in Nicaragua, Robillo – Contra –
members of Democratic Revolutionary Alliance, burned out
jeep in Nicaragua and roadside graves, Nicaraguan militia
preparing for exercise, captured Somozistas, captured
weapons, map, Pastora Gomez – Sandinista defector fighting
against Sandinistas from Costa Rica, pro-Sandinista
graffiti, Nicaraguan/Honduran border post, pro-Sandinista
rally.
Duration: 17 mins 04 secs
English Sync Sound: 3 mins 38 secs
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