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Equally important were the signals Moscow did not send. As the Soviets watched the Ortega campaign unfold, they thought the Sandinistas should steal the opposition's thunder by seconding Chamorro's promise to end the hated ! military draft, but Moscow never communicated its analysis. "We don't interfere in someone else's elections," Pavlov deadpans...
When Aronson and Pavlov met in Washington on April 2, five weeks after Chamorro's victory in Nicaragua, it became clear the Soviets had learned just how the new game could be played. The talk now concerned El Salvador, and the Soviets deftly reversed roles. With Moscow supporting the F.M.L.N. rebels, Pavlov borrowed the arguments Aronson had advanced for nine months with respect to Nicaragua. Pavlov said he saw "no lack of desire on the part of the F.M.L.N. to negotiate" an end to its war with the Cristiani government. He asked that the U.S. "pressure" Cristiani to "speak seriously...
...meeting, Baker and Shevardnadze pledged both nations would "respect the results of free and fair elections." But the U.S. had another concern. Washington questioned whether the Sandinistas would actually transfer power if they lost. Aronson asked if the Soviets would continue denying weapons to the Sandinistas if Violeta Chamorro won. Pavlov said...
...conceded the election in Nicaragua's presidential vote last February, Daniel Ortega promised supporters that his Sandinista party would "rule from below." Last week Nicaraguans got a taste of what that means, and President Violeta Chamorro learned that even out of office, the Sandinistas are far from powerless...
Encouraged by leaders of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), nearly half the country's 150,000 government employees staged strikes for salary increases of 200% and, more important, job security. When Chamorro took office last month, she suspended a Sandinista-passed law that prohibits firing government workers, most of whom are FSLN supporters. With public buses idle and the airport closed, the government gave way by Thursday, agreeing to a 100% pay hike and promising not to dismiss anyone. Said union leader Lucio Jimenez: "I hope the government learned something from this...