Abstract
Nicaragua is a country of strategic importance in geopolitical terms in the Western Hemisphere. Both the United States and the Cuban/Russian alliance are vying for political influence in Nicaragua with the ultimate aim of controlling the ideological outlook of its government. Tragically, the people of Nicaragua must bear the brunt of this political tug-of-war. Violations of human rights, declared universal in the Charter of the United Nations, are occurring in that country in the name of freedom and democracy. The right of self-determination is one of these rights in the Charter, and it is the focus of this paper. Nicaragua’s right of self-determination will be examined in the context of the country’s historic and contemporary development together with the United States government’s ideological foreign policy design. This paper was completed in the first part of November 1987 at which time, primarily due to the Arias peace plan, new developments surrounding the Nicaragua conflict were the order of the day.
Recommended Citation
Dupre, Gabriele Nicolaus
(1987)
"Nicaragua's Right to Self-Determination vis-à-vis United States Foreign Policy Objectives,"
Florida Journal of International Law: Vol. 2:
Iss.
3, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol2/iss3/2