CITIZEN CARTER;In Nicaragua and Beyond, The Peacemaker's Moral Mission

From: The Washington Post | Date: February 22, 1990| Author: | Copyright information

Down the winding mountain road came Jimmy Carter's caravan of conscience.

Up front, a battered green-and-yellow Sandinista police car, siren screaming, kicked up dust, scattering cattle and campesinos. Inside a blue Chevy van, behind dark, bulletproof glass, the former president stared out at this lush and lovely land of rolling pastures and bloody politics, where just a few hills away, contra ambushes were reported to have killed five soldiers the day before.

Its landscape holds an enduring fascination for Carter, who presided from the White House during the fall of late dictator ...

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