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The Bush Administration "hopes and expects" that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega will back down from his threat to end the cease-fire with the Contra rebels because of strong condemnation from other Latin American leaders, a senior State Department official said Monday.

The Bush Administration "hopes and expects" that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega will back down from his threat to end the cease-fire with the Contra rebels because of strong condemnation from other Latin American leaders, a senior State Department official said Monday.