The World - News from July 12, 1989

The State Department accused Nicaragua’s Sandinista government of harassing reporters, opposition figures and election observers, and it called for a halt to such activity so that balloting set for next February can be credible. Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington is “very concerned about the way things are going in Nicaragua. Sandinista harassment . . . whether done through brute force or through the use of transparent legalisms, must cease.” Among the incidents cited by Boucher was an attack on two correspondents from La Prensa last month in the city of Leon.