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- Subject: RANGE OF POLITICAL CHOICE: Was Nicaragua More Democratic than the U.S.?
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- RANGE OF POLITICAL CHOICE: Was Nicaragua More Democratic than the U.S.?
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- I s N i c a r a g u a M o r e D e m o c r a t i c
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- T h a n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s ?
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- By Michael Parenti (*)
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- [From: Covert Action Information Bulletin, Number 26, Summer 1986]]
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- Range of Political Choice
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- Elections that offer little choice are said to be wanting in
- democratic standards. The choice in Nicaragua was noticeably wider and
- more democratic than in the United States. Seven parties ran for seats
- in the national assembly and for the presidency, representing a broad
- ideological range: from those on the far left (who damned the FSLN for
- its moderate policies and for allegedly betraying the workers and
- peasants) to those on the center and right (who accused the FSLN of
- exercising a rigid control over the country, wrecking the economy and
- leading Nicaragua to war). All these charges and countercharges were
- reported and debated extensively in the public and private press in
- Nicaragua.
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- In the United States the choice was limited largely to Democrats and
- Republicans, who in many races are often hard to tell apart. True,
- there were a variety of minor parties but these were not accorded the
- same opportunity for participation as were the various opposition
- parties in Nicaragua, as we shall see.
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