Mr. Speaker. during the week of March 11. in one 3day period. 3.000 Nicaraguan citizens voted with their feet against the Sandinista regime by leaving their homes in Nicaragua and fleeing to neighboring Costa Rica. At this very moment there are about 20.000 such refugees from Nicaragua. and Costa Ricas Minister of Public Security. Benjamin Piza. estimates that as many as another 80.000 Nicaraguans are living in Costa Rica without declaring themselves. In short. people are fleeing Nicaragua in droves. joining the thousands of their fellow citizens who have fled before them. The impetus for the current flight appears to be the steppedup military draft undertaken by the Sandinistas to bolster what has become the largest army in Central America.
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