World IN BRIEF : NICARAGUA : Candidate Tells of Threat on Her Life

Violeta Barrios Chamorro, the leading opposition presidential candidate in Nicaragua, said she received death threats after the government announced that backers of any U.S. invasion would be executed. Chamorro, candidate for the National Opposition Union, said several anonymous callers cited the Defense Ministry communique “that practically justifies violent and indiscriminate acts against people fighting for democracy in this country.” Chamorro said death threats would not stop her campaign. “I want to warn those cowards that they don’t frighten me,” she told reporters. Leaders of her party said the Defense Ministry statement was an attempt to intimidate the opposition before the Feb. 25 general elections.