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From: goddard@rochester.ARPA (Nigel Goddard)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: What Happened to Nicaraguan Jews
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Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 20:38:26 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 24 20:38:26 1986
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I recently asked about this when a Nicaraguan was staying with a friend of
mine.  He said that he was not aware of any particular anti-semitic action
by the Sandinistas.  He said that a large building housing offices concerned
with the Jewish community in Managua had been taken over by the government
after it was determined that the amount of valuable office space being used
was not justified by the size of the community served, but that now
negotiations were taking place to return all or part of the building to the
Jewish community.

This man is not Jewish and not a Sandinista.  In fact he was imprisoned by
the government for a year for suspected counter-revolutionary activities,
and had some critical things to say about the Sandinistas.  He has extensive
contacts with various groups of all shades of opinion inside and outside
Nicaragua and appeared very knowledgeable about Nicaraguan affairs.