Volume 33, Number 4 · March 13, 1986
The Battle for Nicaragua
By Robert S. Leiken
The elections of November 1984 were a turning point both for the Sandinista regime and for its opponents. As I described in a previous article,[1] the election of President Daniel Ortega took place without the participation of the principal opposition coalition—the Coordinadora group—led by Arturo Cruz, who claimed that the government would not allow his group the minimum conditions necessary for a fair campaign. Notwithstanding the judgment of some observers that the vote was 'a step toward democracy,' the Sandinistas soon tightened their control over civilian life—abetted, as in the past, by the tactics of the Reagan administration.
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