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Nueva Nicaragua? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Howard J. Wiarda |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1990 |
| Size: 1,824 Words, 11,133 Characters |
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While there have been many heartening openings toward freedom in Marxist-Leninist regimes this past year, surely one of the most stunning occurred in Nicaragua on February 25. On the day, Nicaraguan voters went to the polls in massive, unprecedented numbers; repudiated and ousted Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista government; and elected opposition leader Violeta Chamorro as president.
The opposition victory came as a surprise to nearly everyone. Most of the pre-election polls had predicted that the Sandinistas would win. After all, the Sandinistas controlled the jobs, the patronage, the television, the economy, as well as immense coercive power. Between the Sandinista party, the military and the militias, the public bureaucracy, and the Sandinista-controlled popular associations (...
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...ted U.S. policy there once again.
The Nicaraguan election provided a marvelous political opening and opportunity, one that democrats everywhere should applaud. After 10 years of fumbling and disaster under the Sandinistas (compared with 40 years in Eastern Europe), Nicaragua has a chance to make a correction and go in a democratic direction. Hope is high, but the obstacles are many. vbcrlf
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