The BarnesHamilton amendment signals to the Sandinistas that they are free to consolidate their internal control and repression. The Barnes plan urges the Nicaraguan resistance to give up and leave Nicaragua. It seeks to turn the Nicaraguan resistance into refugee exiles dependent on handouts from the United States and our allies. What is even worse. is that the Barnes plan does absolutely nothing to encourage the Sandinistas to stop internal repression. stop external subversion. and negotiate in good faith. The Communist government is in the midst of a civil war and there will be no peace in Nicaragua until they negotiate with their own people.