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From: brener@milrat.DEC
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Subject: re:nicaragua
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Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 09:51:26 EDT
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>Samosa was a dictator who was justifiably overthrown but he has been
>replaced by a government even more repressive.

Be serious, if the Sandanista government were more repressive than the
Samosa regime (an impossible event to imagine) by now most of the population
would have been executed. To refresh your memory, Samosa ordered the
Air Force to run bombing raids on the civilian population.If any sort of 
event of this nature is occuring in Nicaragua it would be on the front page
of every paper in this country every day (why don't they talk about Guatemala,
Chile,Zaire, etc., is it because they are"open and friendly"?).Yes, the forced
relocations of the Miskito Indains was undesirable,they were isolated from the
revolution and felt that the Sandinistas were trying to invade their culture,
but the Sandanistas have realized their mistake and are trying to cooperate.
It would be a good idea to talk to some people who have traveled there as an
educational experience, Nicaraguans welcome Americans to spend time in
Nicaragua so they may determine the truth for themselves instead of relying
on a maligned press. After fighting
so hard and sustaining such casualities (50,000 dead during the course of
the struggle) the people are not likely to settle for a government "even
more repressive".


steve b