Fast ends after 26 days
NZPA-Reuter Managua The Nicaraguan Foreign Minister, Miguel d’Escoto, said yesterday he had called off the fast he began 26 days ago in protest against United States policy towards his country. Mr D’Escoto, aged 52, a Roman Catholic priest, said he ended the fast because Nicaraguans depended on him to defend the revolution which brought the Sandinista Government to power in 1979.
A medical statement said Mr d’Escoto’s health had deteriorated and that he was “in growing danger of suffering serious and potentially fatal heart problems.” Demonstrators marched outside the church where he was fasting with banners saying: “We need you alive, Foreign Minister.” He began his fast on July 7 in protest against what he termed “United States terrorist policies,” a reference to Washington’s support for
Right-wing insurgents fighting to overthrow the Sandinist Government. United States-backed rebels killed eight Nicaraguan soldiers and kidnapped 12 civilians in fighting round a small town in the centre of the country, said the Ministry of Defence yesterday. An official said the insurgents attacked Cuapa, 100 km east of Managua and the Nicaraguans died in subsequent fighting outside the town.
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