Two years ago, at the invitation of the U.N. Population Fund, I traveled to Nicaragua for a few weeks to learn firsthand about some of the reproductive health programs that had been set up for women living in rural areas. I went prepared to see poverty—after all, Nicaragua had been embroiled in a civil war until 1979, and then a vicious… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesThe Sandinista’s had a progressive revolution in Nicaragua alright. First they killed or imprisioned any intellectuals that disagreed with them. Then they confiscated private land as Mogabe is doing now in Zimbabwe. After that they started butchering the Miskito Indians of the Atlantic coast who refused the communists attempt to collectivize their fishing fleet. The Sandinistas were progressing alright, they were making great progress at oppressing all those who resisted their idea of a “four legs good, two legs better” society.
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