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Article: Bolder opposition gets the Sandinistas' goat.
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- August 8, 1988
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But an economic mess of their own making is more threatening to Managua's comandantes than the protests of their rivals
La Prensa, Nicaragua's oft banned opposition daily, was back on the streets again late last week as feisty as ever. "Opposition alliance will keep up its struggle," crowed one 3-inch headline. "Sandinistas isolated, says Arias," taunted another. But the latest crackdown on dissent that began three weeks ago when police used rifle butts and tear gas on a crowd of rock-throwing demonstrators in the provincial town of Nandaime is far from over. Radio catolica remains voiceless, and a provincial court is trying 39 opposition demonstrators, ...