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Comman- is a US invasion. stand no chance in set-piece battles witt the marines. If uncle Sam's tanks roll down the Pan-American highway then the army, the people's militias, and the Commites de (CDSs) will opt for the mountains and the other guerilla war. A market structure will then offer a better chance of surthe vival than a command economy.
The speak to in Nicaragua, the greater the emphasis on international solidarity. The Frente leadership public all against US invasion. propriation would alienate both North American liberals and the Second In ternational.
blems. Pockets of grotesque wealth re main, although most Mercedes are now discretely garaged. Income differential: are high. most pretigious investment project — a combined sugar refinery plant — showed us round the place. He was paid the public sector maximum of 10,000 Cordobas £2,000 at the official exchange rate. Electricians on piece rates earned up to 34,000. The minimum monthly wage in the countryside is 1200. Destabilisation CIA destabilisation experts, sconsed behind the electrified barbed wire ringing the US embassy, promote economic go-siuWs hoarders exacerbate shortages.
The Junta uses measures to combat these problems. It fixes prices and minimum wages. I controls dividends and requires reinvestment.
foreign employs state-purchasing agencies. It subsidises and rations scarce basics encourages trades unions and CDSs to root out speculators. These devices have so far prevented disruption.
Reagan tightens the economic noose and hots up the war then the captains of industry may muster more effective production strikes. wore unet Nicaraguan people can thank their The biggest threat to the revolution Nicaragua would left Defensa Sandinista The more senior the person you National for sees Western major bulwark OlIC Wholesale ex- back The private sector does create pro.
The director of Nicaragua's and power La month, about enSpeculative La battery of laxes pronts, limits exchange . It widespread They may yet prove inadequate. If Further steps needed. But the lucky stars that the Frente, and not its 'marxist' critics, has been in the driving seat of the revolution It has been no easy ride. Somoza most Nicaraguan. illiterate undernourished and poorly housed ethnic prejudices i ne fostered As a parting gift he poisoned the capital's water supply.
The mountainous jungle currently favours the Contras Groups of exGuard, CIA mercenaries and Honduran military can hide there weeks, attacking farms villages by night. Near the border, no works without a rifle on their
lls narrowed. Schooling, Photo: JOHN HARRISON universal and free. division between town and country previously the exclusive preserve of the rich, is now So is basic health care. Many basic National Guardsman convicted of torturing, raping and murdering his wife: head. You will serve your prison term and then go a free man. My revenge will Demonstration outside Armagh jail was.' Socialist Action •OW H-BLOC