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« on: September 04, 2023, 01:57:47 am »Rival political leaders were totally or partially bought or extorted. Voters who might not vote for the Front were denied their voting documents. The ballot boxes were filled. And, finally, there was fraud in the counting of votes cast. Already in 2021, the Ortega-Murillo couple turned the elections into a ritual of totalitarian acclamation. Against this reasoning, it could be objected that, in 1990, Ortega, then president of the Republic and candidate for his own succession, not only decided to hold competitive elections, but also recognized his defeat against Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.
The facts are irrefutable. But it must be understood that Phone Number List Sandinistas did not have many options then. Although, despite the support of the United States, the contras had been unable to win militarily, the damage caused by the war and the US embargo was considerable. The country was on the verge of bankruptcy. In addition, the Soviets, then in full negotiations with Ronald Reagan, had warned the Nicaraguan leaders that they could not continue financing Nicaragua. The latter accepted both the regional peace agreements proposed by the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala and the principle of negotiations with the contras. They thus restored all the fundamental freedoms suspended due to the State of Emergency.
They promised to finally hold competitive elections. Persuaded that they would win them, and that by doing so they would strengthen their legitimacy, they were stunned to lose them. Consequently, they had no alternative but to respect the verdict under penalty of returning all legitimacy to the action of the contras with whom they had signed a ceasefire. As Henry Ruiz explained, if they had known that they could lose that election, they would have had "a plan B to organize fraud in their favor" and would not have agreed to abandon power.8. Today, with the support of Russia and China, Ortega and Murillo have opted for the strategy of flight forward. It is important to understand how totalitarian schemes emerged during the 1980s and how they reemerge today.
The facts are irrefutable. But it must be understood that Phone Number List Sandinistas did not have many options then. Although, despite the support of the United States, the contras had been unable to win militarily, the damage caused by the war and the US embargo was considerable. The country was on the verge of bankruptcy. In addition, the Soviets, then in full negotiations with Ronald Reagan, had warned the Nicaraguan leaders that they could not continue financing Nicaragua. The latter accepted both the regional peace agreements proposed by the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala and the principle of negotiations with the contras. They thus restored all the fundamental freedoms suspended due to the State of Emergency.
They promised to finally hold competitive elections. Persuaded that they would win them, and that by doing so they would strengthen their legitimacy, they were stunned to lose them. Consequently, they had no alternative but to respect the verdict under penalty of returning all legitimacy to the action of the contras with whom they had signed a ceasefire. As Henry Ruiz explained, if they had known that they could lose that election, they would have had "a plan B to organize fraud in their favor" and would not have agreed to abandon power.8. Today, with the support of Russia and China, Ortega and Murillo have opted for the strategy of flight forward. It is important to understand how totalitarian schemes emerged during the 1980s and how they reemerge today.