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From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Nicaraguan Parallel: Some ke
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Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 10:57:30 EDT
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> 
> Neither the Mexican ruling party, nor the Indian one,  is  monol-
> ithic.*)    This    is  what  preserves their other liberties. Of
> course, neither nation is totalitarian (nor  Marxist,  but   this
> is  less  important).  Nicaragua is both... not that it should be
> invaded. For now, let us just recognize a Contra government.
> 
> 		Jan Wasilewsky

Just like the Department of State white papers on Nicaragua, US govt
propagandists like Jan here make bold statements without supporting
evidence.  When footnotes are given, the likely quotees are Heritage
Foundation Reports and the National Review (if not an older Dept. of
State Report).

What leads you to believe that Nicaragua is ``totalitarian''?  The fact
that 60% of GNP is produced by the private sector?  The fact that
economic support for the current regime is quite diversified?  The fact
that there are lots of (*gasp*) Cubans in the country as elementary and
secondary level teachers, doctors, nurses, and even military advisors?
The fact that the US embassy sits on a hill overlooking Managua like a
vulture in a tree?  (to support your thesis that Nicaragua is totalitarian,
you might read the May/June issue of *NACLA Reports on the Americas* --
please recommend any readings on Nicaragua which you feel to be definitive
(seriously, all irony aside))

Marxists in the government!  Ohmigosh!  What's worse, they're nationalist
Marxists who don't tow the Soviet line - looks bad for US propaganda when
you've got a Marxist government pushing policies of non-alignment and a
diversified economy.  Like ducks, there are many kinds of Marxists.  Me,
for instance - look what a fine person I've turned into, following my
becoming a Marxist (i.e., learned to think for myself) during my junior
year at that hotbed of liberalism, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio).

A 50 an~os...Sandino vive.  My eight articles for the local student
newspaper should be coming along in a week and a half, or so.  I've got
about three of eight written so far.

Thanks for paying attention, jeff