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...junta sets out to build "the country Sandino dreamed...
Whatever Sandino's dreams, the question now was whether Nicaragua's revolution would give birth to a mildly leftist but democratic society or a militant Marxist state. The five-member junta that rules the country has so far followed a middle-of-the-road course, promising elections, an economy based on a mixture of private and government enterprise, and an independent stance in foreign affairs. Although the junta remains united, there have been foreshadowings of an eventual breakdown in the alliance of radicals and moderates who combined to topple Somoza. Asked if he supported the junta...
Even more worrisome were the junta's foreign policy moves. In the first official visit by members of the junta to another country, Alfonso Robelo Callejas and Moises Hassan led a delegation of 23 guerrillas to Cuba. Fidel Castro was celebrating the 26th anniversary of his assault on Havana's Moncada barracks. Repaying the Palestine Liberation Organization for the arms and other support it provided during the Sandinistas' "final offensive," the new Nicaraguan government announced that it would seek a "close relationship" with Arab countries...
Washington hopes that the new government's need for assistance in rebuilding its shattered society will keep the junta on a moderate course. The Carter Administration clearly is trying to strengthen the tenuous relationship with the new government that developed during the long negotiations that led to Somoza's abdication. At his Washington press conference last week, President Carter said it was a mistake for Americans to assume that every abrupt change in the hemisphere is somehow "the result of secret, massive Cuban intervention." As for the future, he said, "we will use our efforts in a proper...
...Mercado, 36, is a baby-faced intellectual who attracts little attention until he begins to speak, in a soft, nasal voice. But his quiet charisma has enabled the tall (6 ft. 2 in.) writer to win the confidence of all the factions represented on the five-member ruling junta and its 15-member Cabinet, though the ideologies range from the doctrinaire Marxism of Sandinista Leader Daniel Ortega to the capitalism of Businessman Alfonso Robelo. "During all the negotiations we had with the junta, Ramírez came out as the strong man," says a U.S. diplomat. "He behaved...