The World - News from March 24, 1986

Four Democratic congressmen left Nicaragua after a weekend fact-finding trip, agreeing that the situation is grim in the leftist nation but still divided about whether to vote for aid for the contras. “There is no such thing as saying if we don’t do something this will be another Cuba; this already is another Cuba,” Rep. Kenneth J. Gray of Illinois, who voted against the aid measure last week, said. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he is confident the rebels could become an effective force with U.S. arms and assistance.