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Chamorro’s win in Nicaragua
came out of hopes for peace
By John Thomas
ll Inis been more than two
months since 1 left \u aragua I
spent four months working on
a i (instruction project in the ru
ral town of Matiguas. situated
in the mountainous central re
gion of the country
Twelve other North Ameri
i ails .mil myself lived with
families and worked in the
small town from mid Novem
ber until mid Man h From this
perspective, I was aide to oh
serve the national elections on
Fell lri and the months of < am
paigning preceding them
Commentary
Over the past six veers sini e
Nicaragua's last election,
where the Samlinista National
Liberation Front (FSLN) won
ti7 percent of the vote much
has changed. After the initial
improvements following the
1070 revolution in land reform,
edui ation and health i are the
situation has deteriorated
The 11 S funded ( ontra war
reai lied its destructive height
between 1‘issii and 1‘IHH In
make things worse the Keagan
administration began an ei o
nomi( embargo in into
The International (anirt ol
(ustii e (whir h ill its 1UH7 dei i
sum found the t inted Slates
guilty of aggression against
Nicaragua) estimated the dam
age done to Nicaraguan econo
my at S I 7 billion
I isi.al mistakes In the Saudi
msta government, ini hiding m
tinning and ovei investment in
large-scale projects added to
the I ’ S ei onomii v\ arfare led
to inflation Hv tile late 80s the
ei onoun was in a state ut i ri
Ms
In this context ol a uar that
has lost many Nicaraguan lives
and a destroyed ei minim Vi
oletta (diamorro and the Na
tional Opposition Onion
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|1 \( )). ,m .illiani e of 1J. p.ir
tit's, min tin' president \ and .1
majority of scats in the national
assemhls with a t peri cut of the
vote.
President I Janiel t )rtega and
the I SI.N rei ei\ed I 1 percent
of the vote
I or mam of the people 1 wot
to know m Mntiguas the war
and the ei 01101m were the ma
jor issues that influent ed their
voting dei isions ()ne would
think that t \() s links to the
(lontras m addition to their f 1
11,1111 ial support trom the I S
government, would make it tin
popular
However for mans Niiara
guans, these svere the sers rea
sons tiles voted tor I \( ) Some
mothers 1 met voted tor I NI)
hei ause tiles liail lost a son in
the svnr. 01 had a son in the
military. or had a son ss ho
would soon he ot draft age
"11 l N( ) ss ins, the 1' s svill
stop the ssar." one woman told
me
I also met a soldier in the
Sandinista arms ss I10 ssas plan
mug on voting tin I \() I le
said to me. ''Violetta has prom
ised to end the mililars ilralt It
she ss ins, I 1 an go home
Xdditionalls mans people
thought the millions ol dollars
given lis the 1 'lilted States to fi
nance tin- I \( ) i ampaign ssas a
sure sign the economu eintiar
go ssoulil end and that the
( lilted Slates ssould send aid it
I \() svon the elet tion
In much ot I lie 1 S med la
((humorin's s'* tora is pi a 11 as ed
in the same light as the 1 hatlgcs
in Kustern 1 mope I loss es er it
bet oliies s ers 1 tear alter spend
* MJNDERIAND *
GRE AT FOR PAMTIf S AND BIRTHDAYS
5CVIDE0
GAMES ADMISSION 1 SO
STM STREET PUIIIC MARRET
EUGENE •U3 I4M
inn lime w ith the people ot
\k aragua ill.it thr situ.ititm
hi1.ns almost mi (minn linll In
thr hill of tin' Soviet installed
governments in Eurupr
rlu1 history ol thr I-SI.N as ,i
revolutinnarv movement I fi.it
uvortliri'H .1 dictator. the I’ S
tumli'il war anil a hail ft ontini
n situation won* (lit- major fat
tors that shapi'tl tin- issues ot
thf t a in p.i if{ n
I’eoplt" wanti'tl pi’.ii f and im
prot,arniMit ol thr war torn
is minim U ith I \() liav mg
thr approval anil finant i.il
hai king ol thr l ’niti'd Statfs it
is not surprising that it won a
m.ijoritv ot thf uilf in this war
weary country
()iif might say that many Ni
i araguans t ried 'tint If " h\
\ i it mg tor I \<)
/o/i/i /Vionias is a lni\fisit\
stmirnt i urrrnlh on e\< /lunge
it ith thr l'nnrrsit\ ot Wussu
i hustith
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