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...regime is suspect. Still, Nicaragua is not yet a totalitarian society. Outside the government, a limited pluralism is provided by such elements as the Nicaraguan Democratic Movement; the private sector, which accounts for over 60% of the country's G.N.P.; the Catholic bishops; and the independent daily La Prensa...
...both the Post and the Times forecast that Borge was now, in the Times 's words, "in a position to control the most radical elements among the rebels." Before long, Borge's men killed one business leader, arrested others, and sent mobs to attack the newspaper La Prensa. Christian concludes: In Nicaragua the American media went on a "guilt trip." The story that reporters told- with a mixture of delight and guilt- was the ending of an era in which the U.S. had once again been proved wrong. . . "Intrigued by the decline and fall of Anastasio Somoza, they...
After the Sandinista regime took power in Nicaragua 27 months ago, two symbols showed that pluralism and democracy could somehow coexist with a leftist revolution. One was the fiercely independent newspaper La Prensa, which has become an increasingly vocal critic of the nine-man Sandinista directorate. The other was the Superior Council of Private Enterprise, known by its Spanish acronym COSEP, a politically powerful association representing the country's embattled private business sector. Earlier this month the Sandinista government threatened to close down La Prensa. Last week the Sandinistas moved against COSEP. After publicly accusing the government of egregious...
...closing of La Prensa would have a devastating effect on the government's image, both at home and abroad. It would be an admission that the Sandinistas had abandoned their commitment to pluralism and freedom of the press, and were drifting toward totalitarianism. But with the Nicaraguan economy in a tailspin and public restiveness on the rise, the government seems increasingly unwilling to give free rein to so outspoken a critic. If La Prensa is crushed, said Vice President George Bush last week in Rio de Janeiro, the Sandinistas will "make it strikingly clear in the eyes...
...Shutting down La Prensa," he said, "would be like killing Pedro Joaquín Chamorro all over again...