Volume 50, Number 12 · July 17, 2003
Downfall in Nicaragua
By Stephen Kinzer
When Arnoldo Alemán took office as President of Nicaragua in 1997, he seemed ready to make history. He had defeated Daniel Ortega, longtime leader of the Sandinista Front, and vowed to lead his long-suffering country toward democracy and prosperity. Now it is likely that he will be remembered for something very different. He may become the first ex-president of a Latin American country to be sentenced to prison for corruption while in office.
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