Speech #1010029585

There may be violence. but there is political recourse in the democratic process. In Nicaragua. despite democratic promise upon promise made by the Sandinistas since 1979. there is none. Yes. there is poverty in El Salvador as well as in Nicaragua. But there is not the total. methodical Communist destruction of peoples livelihood. as there is in Nicaragua. El Salvador. the most densely populated country on the American mainland. has long produced a large share of illegal immigration to the United States. Nicaragua. until 1979. was always one of the economically better off countries in the region. with a much lower influx into this country. Now that has all changed.