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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Re: Re: Nicaraguan Elections
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Date: Tue, 22-Jan-85 10:19:12 EST
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> They sent a press crew to cover the meetings and rallies prior to the
> elections (both pro and anti-government). Whenever an opposition party
> tried to held a public meeting they were disrupted by pro-sandinistas
> and couldn't go on with their meeting.
>   In some occasions the pro-sandinistas, armed with wooden sticks and
> well organized, waited for the people who attended these meetings to
> come out and beat them without any provocation. I saw this several times
> on their news broadcast.
>   Of course, this never happened in a pro-sandinista rally...
> -- 
>     Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
>     ekrell@ucla-locus.arpa      ..!{sdcrdcf,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!ekrell

Funny, that in our own United States when Reagan held a rally signs were taken
away from all anti-Reagan protesters at the gate.  Ostensibly this was
because of "potential violence" caused by sticks some signs were on.
However once inside the gates pro-Reagan signs were handed out to Reagan
supporters!  Of course, this was totally safe, whereas the anti-Reagan signs
were not!
Isn't it amazing how politics works sometimes?..........
 tim sevener    whuxl!orb