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Subject: Nicaragua, a free country??? - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 10:20:00 EDT
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Dallas Morning News, Thursday, August 23, 1984:

    NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE, MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Election officials met
Wednesday night to strip three anti-Sandinista political parties of their
legal status after they refused to take part in the elections scheduled for
Nov. 4.
    As a result, the three parties and their unofficial presidential
candidate, Arturo Jose Cruz, will not be permitted to hold outdoor rallies
or participate in any campaign activities.
    Leaders of the coalition that comprises the parties and their business
and labor allies said they would spend the coming weeks traveling abroad in
an effort to build international pressure on the Sandinista government.  Cruz
and two other opposition leaders are scheduled on Monday to begin a four-
nation tour of Latin America, during which they expect to be received by the
presidents of Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador.
    Activists also said Cruz would seek to test restrictions on his political
activity when he returns to Nicaragua several weeks from now.
    The Sandinistas had appeared eager for Cruz to participate in the 
campaign.  They have repeatedly assured supporters abroad that the election
would be free and open.