Friends of the Democratic Center in Central America

The Friends of the Democratic Center in Central America, better known as PRODEMCA, was founded in late 1981. According to its promotional literature, the organization was established in order to support incipient democratic processes in Central America. Its projects have focused primarily on Nicaragua, especially in the construction of anti-Sandinista media and public relations campaigns and in support for the political opposition inside Nicaragua. In carrying out these campaigns, PRODEMCA relied on funding from Carl Channell's National Endowment for the Preservation of Liberty (NEPL). NEPL was one of the important conduits for funds from the contra supply network coordinated by Oliver North.

People

National Council 1987

• Angier Biddle Duke (chair)
• Penn Kemble (pres)
• Denise O'Leary (exec dir),
• John A. Hurson (counsel),
• Morris Abram
• William E. Barlow
• Philip Baum
• John M. Bennett
• Nicholas D. Biddle
• Linden Blue
• Vladimir Bukovsky
• Francis R. Carroll
• Kevin Corrigan
• S. Harrison Dogole
• William C. Doherty
• John C. Duncan
• Maurice A. Ferre
• Orville Freeman
• J. Peter Grace
• Judith Hernstadt
• Theodore M. Hesburgh
• Sidney Hook
• Samuel P. Huntington
• John T. Joyce
• Clark Kerr
• Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
• Jorge Mas Canosa
• Michael Novak
• Richard Ravitch
• Daniel Rose
• Peter R. Rosenblatt
• Bayard Rustin
• John R. Silber
• William E. Simon
• Max Singer
• Kenneth B. Smilen
• Maurice Sonnenberg
• Mary N. Temple
• Ben J. Wattenberg