Ortega vows peaceful Nicaraguan power handover on April 25
In Santiago Daniel Ortega pledged a peaceful transfer of power to Violeta Chamorro on April 25 and asked the Bush administration to lift US sanctions. Vice President Quayle said Ortega would appoint cabinet ministers reporting to Chamorro and that the United States plans a $300 million aid package, including funds to move Contra rebels home.
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Bush seeks 300 million aid to Nicaragua before Chamorro inauguration
Washington AP reports President Bush will request 300 million in rapid U S aid to support Nicaragua's new government under Violeta Chamorro. The package includes 30 million to repatriate Contra rebels, demobilization funds, emergency farming aid, oil purchases, and debt relief, with half allocated to stabilization and development and the rest covering obligations and development. Aid may be funded by Pentagon account cuts and could extend into the new fiscal year.
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Air Force ferries Haitian ex-ruler Avril to exile from Haiti
A U S Air Force C 141 transported Lt Gen Prosper Avril and his family from Haiti to Homestead Air Force Base in Florida after President Bush approved the move citing humanitarian aims and a peaceful transition. Avril, 52, had led Haiti's Presidential Guard and declared himself president in 1988 amid unrest.
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