Word: somozaism
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...reason for the Contras' lack of popularity in Nicaragua is evident in a variety of documented reports of atrocities committed against unarmed civilians. The rebels are considered by many Nicaraguans to be a terrorist army left over from the old Somoza regime...
...relatively wealthy Nicaraguan family being waited on by a maid in the comfort of their own house. But though the Barrios enjoy some of the trappings of their exalted family background (they are closely related to the influential Chamorros, who were the leading aristocrats on the side opposed to Somoza in the 1979 revolution), they play a considerable role rebuilding the country that faces constant terror from U.S.-sponsored contras. Their lifestyle and demeanor are accessible to the average Yankee viewer, yet their politics have been slandered from here to high water by the average Yankee president, Ronald Reagan. American...
Chamorro wrote that the CIA directed the rebel leaders' quest for Congressional funding, wrote their speeches and policy, and forced them to join with members of the former Nicaraguan dictator Gen. Anastasio Somoza's National Guard. The witnesses testified about reported contra atrocities and gave estimates of the damage to and legitimacy of the Nicaraguan government...
...drafted by National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, the plan involves working through a new, broadly based anti-Sandinista group, the United Nicaraguan Opposition. It includes ex-Sandinistas who turned against the government because of its repressive measures, as well as some former followers of deposed Nicaraguan Dictator Anastasio Somoza. Though the Sandinistas have so far refused to negotiate with the group, the Administration believes that UNO can eventually lay legitimate claim to represent the forces of democracy. Says National Security Council Aide Donald Fortier: "The key issue is the emergence of a viable center...
...will be enough to contain the contras. But the Sandinistas do not seem to have a strategy for the domestic disenchantment that has begun to seep even into their own ranks. In Managua's Barrio Riguero slum, a stronghold of militance during the 1979 insurrection against former Dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle, a Sandinista activist named Maria says she remains faithful to the revolution's principles, but "life is getting harder." The main problem: "Basic necessities cost more and more, and some items are almost impossible to find...