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The Quest for Peace and Democracy |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Arturo J. Cruz |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 2,378 Words, 15,131 Characters |
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The Sandinista deputies in the Nicaraguan National Assembly, now as opposition, gratify the democratic world by voting to approve a stabilization program that the newly elected government of Violeta Chamorro must adopt, or it will fail miserably in the task of rescuing Nicaragua from its calamitous socioeconomic conditions. Since the success of the program enhances her prestige and diminishes the chance for a comeback of her Marxist adversaries in the 1996 elections, the Sandinistas deserve praise for what appears to be unselfish patriotism.
But, inside Nicaragua, other Sandinistas continue to agitate and subvert with the obvious purpose of hampering the implementation of hampering the implementation of the program. More revealing is Daniel Ortega's defiant reiteration of his intentio...
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...for the demilitarization of the country.
It is a hard decision for military personnel, whether they be comandantes or colonels, to set aside their guns in deference to the well-being of their people. If they do, it will assure them a place in the political life of their country, and maybe even in history. If they don't, they will be overcome by new circumstances and vanish politically. vbcrlf
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