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...Chicago turmoil, meanwhile, is far from over, and more trouble could erupt this week. Uno, a Hispanic group active in the principals controversy, is expected to pack a meeting of the board of education. Unquestionably, the highly charged atmosphere robs students and teachers of precious classroom time. But, for the moment at least, many Chicagoans take some comfort in the notion that parent-led councils, while imperfect, could not possibly make the city's beleaguered school system any worse. "All we've done now is empower people to make decisions that may or may not be right," says Professor Bakalis...
...Sandinistas raided the government's 40 percent of the nation's assets and high tax revenues to finance its lavish campaign. In contrast, UNO could only draw upon meager funds, as even once-wealthy families had been impoverished by inflation that peaked at 10,000 percent...
These Sandinista abuses would be illegal in most democracies. But anti-UNO violence and direct intimidation of the opposition also ran rampant...
Former President Jimmy Carter's monitoring organization said in late January that 300 UNO poll-watchers had been intimidated into resigning. Similarly, more than 100 opposition candidates had resigned by mid-December because of Sandinista intimidation, the OAS reported. The military played a part in intimidation too, as defense minister Humberto Ortega stated his intention to "neutralize" those "encouraging the Yankee invasion" of Panama, a reference to UNO...
Other abuses included death threats, kidnappings, arrests and imprisonment for distributing UNO pamphlets and even setting UNO members afire...