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US Pushes Nicaragua to Destroy
Rockets
The US government keeps pushing
for the destruction of the SAM-7
portable rockets in the hands of
the Nicaraguan army, alleging
there is no external threat
justifying their preservation.
The new US pressures for
Nicaragua to eliminate the
ground-to-air Soviet arsenal
were this time uttered by
Florida s Democrat Senator
William Nelson, who is touring
the region.
For Nelson, neither Costa Rica
nor Honduras represent a
military threat to Nicaragua,
with which Washington also wants
to have "good relations," he
said.
The US legislator made no direct
reference to the rocket issue
with Nicaraguan authorities, but
made statements to local press.
The Nicaraguan army currently
has 1,000 SAM-7 rockets, after
former President Enrique Bolaños
gave in to US pressures and
ordered the destruction of about
one thousand.
Current President Sandinista
Daniel Ortega, however, refuses
to get rid of the missiles,
which he considers defensive
weapons and a matter of dignity
and national sovereignty.
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