Word: sandinistas
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...indifference, as citizens lined up to make their choices, then ink their thumbs as a guarantee against double voting. Random visits to polling sites seemed to show that participation by the country's 1.6 million voters was less than the roughly 82% turnout that the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front claimed as evidence of the election's success...
...Escoto responded, stating that Nicaragua would have no need for such a buildup were it not for the "covert" war being waged in Nicaragua, financed by the CIA, to overthrow the Sandinista government. And, had the U.S. government signed the Contadora proposal which it ostensibly supports, the Nicaragua, arms buildup would cease and that Soviet ship would not be sailing toward Nicaragua with more weapons...
...MAJORITY writes that the Reagan administration's handling of the situation in Central America is nothing short of catastrophic, and this is certainly true. But they also assume that the U.S. is on the right side in its opposition to the Sandinista government. On the contrary, the U.S. is on the wrong side of the illegal effort to overthrow a popular government...
Reagan has stated that he wants to make the Sundinistas cease supplying the guerrillas in El Salvador. Well, those guerrillas are still fully armed. The President would certainly enjoy seeing the Sandinistas sink into Central American anarchy, but the Sandinistas are stronger than ever. The Nicaraguan junta has been warning of an American invasion for more than two years. American muscle flexing and saber rattling gives them the best of both worlds, allowing the Sandinistas to capitalize on public fear of the Yankee threat without risking a war. And after a solid week of sonic booms over Managua-probably caused...
...Sandinista are smart enough to know that no conceivable they might amass could possibly defeat a U.S. invasion. And the majority opinion is correct in saying that the Reagan Administration knows that direct invasion will not achieve Central American freedom and stability along the lines desired by the original leaders of the Nicaraguan Revolution. Such as invasion would actually play into the hands of the Sandinistas by galvanizing support. The Sandinistas are fully aware of the constraints-from Congress, public opinion, and other nations-placed on Reagan, and they can safely dismiss the possibility of a general landing...