Nicaraguan Politics and Government Essay -- Essays on Politics

Nicaraguan Politics and GovernmentOn the narrow ring known as Central America, between the worlds two greatest oceans, Nicaragua has been marked by endless years of political turmoil, social tension and economic dismay. The turmoils that overhear shaken the kingdom make it plausible to believe that by some metaphysical law, Nicaraguan politics have accommodated to natures tantrums. Like its diverse, rugged and seismically active geology, the countrys politics have been irregular, impulsive and often explosive (Pastor, 15). The Nicaraguan election of February 25, 1990 represents the countrys attempt to switch from its turbulent political past and pursue economic and political stability through the establishment of a democracy. The countrys elections marks a zenith for world democracy, in that no countrys elections had ever been witnessed by more international observers from more diverse groups than was Nicaraguas. The election was nigh monitored by myriads of international obser vers including members of the Organization of American States, United Nations as well as members of the Carter Center including its founder, ex-US President Jimmy Carter. That Sunday morning, beginning at 6 A.M. about one and half million Nicaraguans- about 86 percent of eligible voters- went to cast their vote in one of over four mebibyte polling sites throughout the country the outcome of this election marks a decisive point in the countrys history. The results will determine the peoples willingness to either continue with the rule of Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party that had been in power for over ten years and established a socialist government or to break away from the misery and persecution of the regime and establish a free, ... ...ntinuous effort to enact policies that will be beneficial to the Nicaraguan people and country as a whole. Work CitedBaumeister, Eduardo. Estructura y Reforma Agraria en Nicaragua. Managua Editorial Ciencias Sociales, 1998.Close, David. Nic aragua The Chamorro Years. London LynneRienner, 1999.Leiken, Robert S. Why Nicaragua Vanquished. Oxford Rowman &Littlefield, Inc., 1992.Morley, Morris H. Washington, Somoza, and the Sandinistas. NewYork Cambridge UP, 1994.Pastor, Robert A. Not Condemned to Repetition. CambridgeWestview P, 2002.Plan Nacional de Desarollo. Gobierno de Nicaragua. 15 May 2005.Stone, Samuel Z. The Heritage of the Conquistadors. LincolnUniversity of northeastward P, 1990.Walker, Thomas W. Reagan Versus the Sandinistas The Undeclared War on Nicaragua. Boulder Westview P, 1987.