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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Nicaraguan Elections
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 13:19:43 EST
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In article <659@uwmacc.UUCP> myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeff Myers) writes:
>>   The Salvadorian[sic] government offered every opposition group including
>> the guerillas to participate in the elections. They didn't because they knew
>> they would loose big since the majority of the people support their
>> government.
>>   They were offered equal time media coverage. Did the Sandinistas do
>> the same ???
>
>As a matter of fact, they did.  Also equal quantities of money.  Don't
>you read the New York Times?  The real difference was in organizational
>strength prior to and during the elections.  The Sandinistas were able
>to get more people to rallies because of the size of their party.  This
>also enabled them to heckle effectively, probably *too* effectively.
>
>The Contras were not allowed to participate, however.  Since they are
>engaged in killing civilians (including private sector coffee growers
>who support the government), this was a reasonable policy, in my view.
>The Honduran based, US supplied Contras are engaged in a scorched earth
>mode of warfare waged from outside the country.
>
>How many opposition leaders in Nicaragua have been killed?  How many
>in El Salvador?  The current President of El Salvador was tortured a
>few years ago by a military that has not changed all that much from
>that time to the present.
>
>Someone earlier said that the Mexican TV that they watched ended up
>concluding that the Nicaraguan elections were invalid, but didn't
>explain why the TV station concluded this.  Would this person please
>expand on his point?
>
>-- 
>Jeff Myers				The views above may or may not
>University of Wisconsin-Madison		reflect the views of any other
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    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
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