Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site nbires.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!hao!nbires!djs From: djs@nbires.UUCP (Diana Spalding) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Re: Nicaraguan Parallel: Some ke Message-ID: <521@nbires.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 01:29:59 EDT Article-I.D.: nbires.521 Posted: Thu Oct 17 01:29:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Oct-85 07:26:49 EDT References: <720@whuxl.UUCP> <7800494@inmet.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 70 > 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 Recognize a contra government? RECOGNIZE A CONTRA GOVERNMENT????? Sure why don't we recognize a group as government that tears the skin off of people's faces while their children are forced to watch, a group that tears bodies into shreds and displays the pieces for family members to see, a group of terrorists that burn hospitals and schools and rape women as common practice, a group that tears the wombs out of pregnant women and uses babies for target practice. It would be quite fitting for the U.S. to recognize such a group as a legitimate government. So sure, let's put the contras in charge. So what if all those damn Latin Americans lose everything they gained under the Sandinistas, like literacy campaigns that are actually teaching children and adults alike how to read, many for the first time, like nutrition programs that insure for the first time that the people are getting the proper diet to stay healthy, like the fantastic improvements in medical care, and a large decrease in the infant mortality rate, like workable transportation and communication, like worker salaries that are much more reasonable than under Somoza, like much better working conditions throughout the country, like the Sandinistas' reworking of the agricultural system so that food that the people can eat is actually grown, instead of just exports, like basic human rights that many Nicaraguans are seeing for the first time in their lives. But that's no big loss, right? After all they don't even *look* like us, why should we care about them????? Sorry for the sarcasm, but the thought that someone is even suggesting that we recognize the contras as the Nicaraguan government really makes me ill. I urge anyone out there who wonders what's going on in Nicaragua to go down and see for yourselves. Nicaragua is a free country. You can go where you want when you want, by yourself or with a group. It is a beautiful place geographically, and it is filled with beautiful warm open friendly people. Nicaragua is definitely not dominated by the Soviets. One of the major goals of the Sandinista government is to not be aligned with either super power, but to trade with everyone and maintain friendly relations. Of course they can't trade with the U.S. because we are refusing (and we're also waging war against them). The Nicaraguan government does trade with the Soviet Union, and also with Canada, and several western European countries. In addition to that it is amazing how much help the Sandinistas are getting from other countries. When I was down there, I was amazed at how many Europeans and Americans I met who are *living* down there to help out in whatever ways they can. In addition, the governments of West Germany, Canada, Holland, and Belgium (as well as a host of other western European countries I can't remember offhand) are sending economic aid and/or work crews to help out. Go down to Nicaragua and remind yourself that this is not just political theory - it's human lives we're talking about. Diana Spalding {allegra, hao, ucbvax}!nbires!djs