Word: kootnikoff
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...appalled by the letters of Messrs. Webster and Kootnikoff [May 9]. The former eulogizes the Sandinista government's supposed popularity, and the latter claims that Nicaragua is a remarkably free society. As an American businessman who lived in Nicaragua for 15 years, I protest. If these readers are correct, why have the Sandinistas not opened the country to free elections? Why were business leaders thrown in jail for criticizing the government? Why was I advised by our State Department not to return to Nicaragua after testifying before a congressional subcommittee on the Nicaraguan situation? The Sandinistas are terrorists...
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