Nicaragua's Continuing Struggle
Nicaragua's exiled opposition figure reveals his own continuing ambivalence as he recounts his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to negotiate the conditions under which the major opposition parties might have participated in Nicaragua's 1984 election. Neither the opposition nor the Sandinistas fare particularly well in Cruz's memoir, but the degree of distrust generated by Nicaragua's civil war is amply illustrated.
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Gives details of both US and regional (Arias) initiatives for peace in Nicaragua, with a pessimistic view of the contras' ability to win either the war or an election. Considers US material support for contras to be 'virtually finished', and thus advocates a 'second-best solution' of containment of Sandinistas, by providing a non-intervention guarantee, and seeking democratization of Nicaragua. A slightly misleading title, since almost all the article is taken up with the war in Nicaragua and US involvement, with only a brief reference to El Salvador.
