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...unclear whether Ortega was merely posturing to placate his more hard- line followers -- or issuing an ultimatum. Chamorro did not wait to find out. She joined Ortega's call for the contras to lay down their weapons. "The causes of civil war in Nicaragua have disappeared," she said. The next day Ortega returned to a more conciliatory tone, this time announcing the renewal of a cease-fire that he had unilaterally suspended last November. At the same time, he called on the U.S. to pay for the prompt demobilization and relocation of the contras, 10,000 of whom remain...
...dueling rhetoric suggests, Chamorro's first challenge will be to establish her authority. Given the failure of most pollsters to chart voter sentiment accurately -- Ortega was so confident of victory that just two days before the balloting he said, "There is not even a hypothetical possibility that the ((opposition)) could win" -- it is difficult to know precisely why Chamorro triumphed. Possibly the vote was an endorsement of her calls to abolish the military draft, establish peace and allow private enterprise to flourish -- the mainstay of her ill-conceived, disorganized campaign. It seems just as likely, however, that the vote...
Chamorro's economic advisers aim to decentralize by establishing private savings institutions and liberating coffee and cotton growers from state controls to seek higher prices for their crops. But Ortega warned that his party will resist any attempt to roll back such Sandinista policies as agrarian reform and the nationalization of the country's banks...
...plan aims not only to mollify the 120,000 peasants who have been given land titles by the Sandinistas but also to reassure Ortega and the other comandantes who have made their homes in some of Managua's finest houses. Plainly Chamorro wants to drive home her message that the Sandinistas will not be punished for their ten years of inept rule...
...remain the largest and best-organized political party in the country, and some still see them as social reformers. Bush's habitual low-key reaction to stunning change was welcome last week, in contrast to years of shrill U.S. rhetoric. Administration officials were publicly gracious to outgoing President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, careful to praise his commitment to fair elections and his apparent reasonableness -- so far -- in defeat...