Word: chamorros
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ORTEGA'S meeting with Chamorro was a good public relations stunt, an ostensible sign of national reconciliation. But it could not obscure the Sandinistas' prior contempt for the opposition and reluctance to listen to popular sentiment...
...even last-ditch efforts such as these were not sufficient to suppress the true feelings of the Nicaraguan voters. Chamorro's campaign focused on assuring Nicaraguans that the vote would be secret and fair. Ironically, the lavishness of the Sandinista campaign may have also hurt its chances...
...regime found it difficult to fathom Ortega's loss. Up to the time of the vote these supporters ignored the facts and glorified the party's egalitarian theories. If they had seen how the Nicaraguan government gradually lost touch with those it originally represented, perhaps they would have foreseen Chamorro's victory...
...Violeta Chamorro has an opportunity to re-form her country on a more democratic and more free-market model. The privatization of state assets and the allowance of discourse, political dissent and religious activity will breathe new life into her country...
...Chamorro respects the will of the people and does not try to cast them into an ill-conceived and pre-conceived mold, she will bring them the peace her country has not known since before the Samozas took power. And with peace will come prosperity and human rights that Nicaragua has never fully known...