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February 1990
Vol. III, No. 4
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sanctions on the country' .giving "Another victory for democracy!" .../ much needed shot in ~e ann. These words by President Bush laud smooth apparently an With Nicaragua. · the arrival of democracy to transition, many of the political 1I1 a victory as unlikely as the prisoners will be released by . upheaval of Eastern Europe in 1989, Chamorro's inauguration (Apnl 25) or Violeta· Barrio ·a e Chamorro beat the soon afterwards. These dissidents can dictator Daniel Ortega· w.ho has help to shape the political future of pas!. ten controlled _Nicaragua for , years: the country. At the same 'time, those who have fled to other Latin The Nicaraguan ~ople are now Ametjcan countries, as well as to th~ able to,come 'into the reatm of the real United States, can return to where world. Under the original 1979 revolution led by Ortega, he and his they beJong~ their Nicaraguan Sandinista Party transfpnned a victory homeland. There are political results in for the the people of Nicaragua into a national di:::ster:victory. The Sandinistas had long This incredible victory over been known for supporting tlte disaster can be traced all the way back . if'arabundio Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), which has been trying to the contras, or, as President Reagan to oust the popularly elected ...-called them, the Nicaraguan freedom ffheir attacks on the fightel's. Salvadoran govergment. Through Ortega's support, he brought the Sandinistas to win true freedom for · possibility of a Latin American their people have been successful at The legitimate domino effect. times. Howe~er, in many other countries were able to stop the threat, instances, they lost _..g round and but · at 'high cost. _ With aid to the · appeared to De on the verge of defeat. guerillas ending, the FMLN will Throughout their battles, they remained the - only organized - gradu~y lose its influence, allowing the region a more stable situation opposition to Ortega. Without them, than its current ·state. he would probably be in power for There is an even greater political many more years. Their continued _to the triumph of implication _ . an for call to presence caused Ortega Chamorro; Cuban diCtator Fidel election. While it has taken nearly a Castro will not have any support in decade, the contras declared victory on the Western Hemisphere. The Lefti~t February 25. revolutionary movements' of the past Through the policies_ of the have been proven unsuccessful, and Marxist regime, with their disproven unworkable. With the dire straits backward economic ideas~ Nicaragua Cuba is now in, Castro's regime has beCame one of the poorest per capita been confirmed as such. He has to nations in the Western Hemisphere. realize he is losing not only the Latin With the election of Chamorro, ~there ~ American sphere, but a great part of is a guaranteed improvement in their .the rest of the WOJld. economic outlook since the Bush tr~de all ·lift will Administra~ion continued page 10 ·
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