If one wants to send donations to Violets Chamorro and the UNO Party. that money must be funneled through the Sandinistadominated electoral commission which extractssteals50 percent for Itself. The United States donated $9 million to adequately support the opposition. Despite the Sandinistas allowing lust four consecutive Sundays for voter registration. an astonishing 1.7 million of a possible 1.9 eligible voters qualified for the February election. Some 300.000 Nicaraguans have fled the country for various reasons ranging from fear of political persecution to death. Ortega has not responded to the requests of theie refugees to be allowed the opportunity to vote in neighboring Costa Rica and Honduras. Finally. Ortega has suspended the 19month ceasefire with the Contras for security concerns.
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