Nicaraguan despot shaken
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The dictators of the Central American republics give one standard response to democratic demands: swift and brutal repression.
Such an argument has obvious advantages, but it is not guaranteed to succe ed in every situation, as Ge neral Anastasio Somoza has been discovering lately.
For two months. the spasms of insurrection have convulsed Nicaragua.
somozas regime is threat'human rights' campaign.
The US imperialists are seeking a viable alternative in those sections of the Nicaraguan bourgeoisie hostile to the Somoza dynasty of presidents because of the family's unyielding grasp on the country's wealth and resources.
The Democratic Freedom Union (UDEL) was floated. and the Stalinists of the Nicaraguan Communist Party weicomed aboard this coalition of bosses, bishops and bureaucrats. But even with such expert advice on •ne sasa mechods of classous forces it unleashed by organising national strikes and protests.
The workers and peasants have not shown the slightest inclination to be contained in their struggles by the forms and demands proposed by the •democrati: bourgeoise I= the iow: s: M30:: V0099 53 003: 5-99:35 N0-::38m0s203:::= 0000305 .... mi31e0r = m35530= -Is Februar Apparently acting under the direction of the Castroite FSLI Sandinist Front for and promptly executed two government informers. At least 30, but probably many more Indians were killed and hundreds wounded as the state military struck to crush this local up-sing.
The sate a Masala cas =a.=: = massive eruption. 1e: ine dercest heroism and seemination cannot compersare for the revolutionary socialist leadership that the Nicaraguan workers urgently need, but tragically lack Somoza* dictatorship Somoza only a one sided victory.
They will discover the: their struggles against exper ation and oppression mos -= prolonged
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