U.N.-Brokered Accord Avoids 'Coup' in Nicaragua

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A uneasy calm has settled over Nicaragua after an agreement brokered by the United Nations and a Catholic cardinal rescued President Enrique Bolanos from a "constitutional coup" that would have stripped him of most of his powers.

"We are in a holding period," said Manuel Orozco, Nicaragua specialist at the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based policy group.

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U.N.-Brokered Accord Avoids 'Coup' in Nicaragua

Nicaragua's democracy came under assault when former President Daniel Ortega and his cadre of supporters in the Marxist Sandinista party joined for...

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