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To: tejek who wrote (190099)	6/9/2004 1:58:22 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575761

Just skimming that article, lies were jumping off the page at me. For example: In 1990, Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, decided to hold free elections within Nicaragua. The Sandinistas held free elections long before that, in 1984. news.bbc.co.uk Tom

To: tejek who wrote (190099)	6/9/2004 1:02:40 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575761

How about under the Contras? Nicaragua was never under the Contras. During the war there where abuses committed by both the Contras and the Sandanistas. A number of the Contra leaders where rather unappealing characters, but I believe the Contra revolution helped create the conditions that allowed for the current freer less abusive regime in Nicaragua. I think thigns turned out about as well as could have been expected. Neither the Sandanistas nor the former Somoza supporters ended up in power. Tim