Dictator - "A ruler who is not effectively restricted by a constitution, laws, recognized opposition, etc."
Dictator - "A person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way"
Dictator - "A ruler who is unconstrained by law"
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| Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega |
As one of the poorest countries in Latin America, Nicaragua has had its fair share of political nightmares in the last forty years. How bad could it really be? Well, according to the New York Times in 1984, Pope John Paul II denounced the Nicaraguan governmental action that expelled ten missionaries from the country. Not to mention the Marxist-Sandinista revolution that ultimately sought out the destruction of any remaining economy left in Nicaragua. To summarize it, the revolution spurred anti-leftist thinking within the Nicaraguan government because of the horrors that ensued within the authoritative regime. However, to what extent will Nicaragua stay more moderate than before?
Regardless, you can’t judge a country strictly based on its ideologies and government structure. The United States has its fundamental flaws that would be hard to address without revolution, but all people do not agree with the same ideologies. Therefore, it creates conflict. In this case, revolution.
Instead of analyzing what the Sandinista did wrong in Nicaragua, let us look to the future of Nicaragua and propose another potential revolution. In the The Nica Times, Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, is significantly close to achieving complete authoritative control over the entire government sectors. More control is apparently key to democracy in Nicaragua after they fought decades for more independence in individual appeal to governmental actions. In fact, Ortega is running for another term in the November elections in Nicaragua with his wife as his running mate according to NBC News on August 3rd. To top that, recently in the Nicaraguan government, Ortega has entirely taken over the parliament to assert some form of authoritative stature over the country.
None of this was possible of course without the help of privatization of industries. After the revolution, Nicaragua turned to restructure their economy with a more capitalist approach. However, this did not become a suitable form of leisure for the populace of the country. According to the Journal of Commerce, pg 2b, after the privatization of industries, many people protested the results caused by this capitalist mentality such as unemployment. Ortega compromised on this and stated that privatization leads to "more unemployment and fewer rights to health, food and housing".
So it seems as if the reason the revolution came forth, was the exact same layout that Ortega is setting up in the government currently. More authoritative rule with less opposition and power of a republic or democracy was what the revolution was fought over and ultimately succeeded in doing so, and not, the abuse of the system in Nicaragua is about to repeat itself one step at a time.
None of this was possible of course without the help of privatization of industries. After the revolution, Nicaragua turned to restructure their economy with a more capitalist approach. However, this did not become a suitable form of leisure for the populace of the country. According to the Journal of Commerce, pg 2b, after the privatization of industries, many people protested the results caused by this capitalist mentality such as unemployment. Ortega compromised on this and stated that privatization leads to "more unemployment and fewer rights to health, food and housing".
Hey Nicaragua, do you want another dictator? Because that is how you get a dictator.
Austin Phillips
Austin Phillips
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