The threat in central America / Ronald Reagan -- The global people's revolution / Fidel Castro -- The crisis and our opportunity / Kissinger Commission -- Soviet arms and central American turmoil / Alberto R. Coll -- Views of the U.S. Catholic bishops / John J. O'Connor -- The development alternative / Abraham F. Lowenthal -- Caribbean basin initiative : pros and cons / Richard E. Feinberg, Richard Newfarmer, Bernadette Orr -- The English-speaking Caribbean / Anthony P. Maingot -- A plea for Contadora / eight Latin American foreign ministers -- Demystifying Contadora / Susan Kaufman Purcell -- A Costa Rican perspective / Oscar Arias Sanchez -- The elections in Guatemala and Honduras / Richard L. Millett -- A culture of violence / John Kurzweil -- What Duarte won / Julia Preston -- Rebel factions / Shirley Christian -- The divided military / Shirley Christian -- Why I broke with the guerrillas / Jose Napoleon Romero -- The state of human rights / U.S. State Department -- Somoza, Sandino, and the United States / Mark Falcoff -- A new deal for the Nicaraguan people / Gabriel Jackson -- The slow road to communism / Joshua Muravchik -- North America's crimes / Daniel Ortega -- The Sandinistas' tangled elections / Robert S. Leiken -- The Sandinistas have bound and gagged us / Miguel Obando y Bravo -- The nature of the insurgency / Michael S. Radu -- Nicaragua and the international law / John Norton Moore -- An alternative to Contra Aid / Michael Walzer -- The newest political pilgrims / Paul Hollander -- Don't abandon the Nicaraguan people / Jamie Chamorro -- A revolution betrayed / Eden Pastora Gomez.