Word: sandinistation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Another major difference is stands on birth control. For the average North American feminist, contraception and abortion symbolize social emancipation. In Nicaragua, however, "You're not a real woman if you don't have children," one female Sandinist says. Because of the Roman Catholic Church's heavy influence, abortions are only legal (and gratis) when the mother's or unborn child's lives are endangered. Because the FSLN government wants to repopulate Nicaragua (which lost 30,000 people during the war), contraception is not encouraged. Nor is it discouraged--family planning counseling and devices are free to all women, regardless...
...Marxist National Sandinist Liberation Front (FSLN) government really met her raised expectations? "Well," she muses, "not cxactly. But let's say the FSLN is trying...