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United States intervention helped Chamorro to defeat President Daniel Ortega in the Nicaragua's first elections on February 26, said members of COCA, which has actively supported the Sandinistas and protested U.S. policy in Central America...
...People [in COCA] were sad that the people of Nicaragua were essentially forced to vote for the candidate of the U.S.," said John Donaghy, a member of COCA...
...COCA members said that they wanted the U.S. to discontinue aid to the contras and the trade embargo, and to let go of its foothold in UNO, the coalition of 14 parties that helped spring Chamorro to victory...
...COCA members also said they supported the Nicaraguans desire to keep trade unions and improved education and health care that have been implemented by the new government...
...Sandinistas may have lost power, said Daren S. Aronofsky '91, a COCA member, but "This isn't going to slow us down." Aronofsky said COCA plans to continue to educate Harvard on the "real" story of the Central American people, and to fight against U.S. intervention into Nicaraguan affairs...