From Time Magazine:The last time rival political forces fought one another street by street for control of the Nicaraguan capital was three decades ago, in July 1979, at the culmination of the Sandinista insurrection that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship. This week, the streets of Managua were once again aflame amid the boom of mortar rounds, as the Sandinistas and their rivals battled for control — but it was the erstwhile revolutionary movement that now stands accused of being a dictatorship.
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My Comment: If you put your opposition members in jail .... or do not permit them to run for public office .... you are going to produce a considerable amount of dissatisfaction and resentment.