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Publication Date: March 1984
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Esther Wilson
Research Area: Government
Keywords: Latin American
Type: Report
Coverage: Nicaragua
Abstract:
In 1979, international support of the anti-Somoza revolution was made possible through the presence of the democratic opposition within the Sandinista movement. The Sandinistas rode to power on their backs. Now this same opposition, divided into political and military camps, is fighting the takeover of their country by totalitarian forces. The struggle is not between Somocistas and the people; it is between democracy and communist totalitarianism. By supporting the opposition forces, the United States is squarely on the side of democracy.