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From: ka@hou3c.UUCP (Kenneth Almquist)
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Subject: Re: Nicaragua, a free country??? - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 25-Aug-84 00:24:48 EDT
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Somebody cut quite a lot of material out of that story.  (Sorry, I
don't have the original.)  The original news story pointed out that
Cruz was the only opposition candidate that  had much chance of winning
any significant percentage of the vote.  Therefore, his withdrawal may
make it hard for the Sandinistas claim that the elections are meaningful.
The Sandinistas pushed back the ballot registration date in hopes of
convinding Cruz to register, but were unable to push back the date any
farther and still get the ballots printed on time.  I don't understand
the question in the title of the article since the complaints of oppo-
sition party members were amoung the things that were cut from the story.

In short, if you want New York Times quality news, you have to read the
original.
				Kenneth Almquist