The author Salman Rushdie asks a very compelling question which is, are the Sandinistas the young girl or the jaguar? Rushdie visited Nicaragua as an impartial observer, he was invited by the Sandinista Cultural Workers Assn., and he is being escorted all around the country to meet with the top commanders. After three weeks on constant interviews with the commanders and several encounters with folk people in cities such as Matagalpa and Bluefield’s. He is soon becomes a believer to “las causa”, and agrees with many aspects of what the Sandinistas believe and are doing. But as a westerner there are point in which he gets very offended because of extreme patriotism of La Barricada, and most of the propaganda newspapers that established by the
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Since the early 20th century, the United States funded Somoza’s family to stay in power. “It is said that FDR once referred to Somoza by saying ‘Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.’” (one struggle.net) This support continued until Reagan was elected President of the United States. The people of Nicaragua were very religious and very passionate in their movement, the people referred their situation to the bible, and describe it with context. “Somoza was cast as the Pharaoh, and the FSLN was likened to Moses, leading the people across the parted waters of the Red Sea into the Promised Land.” ( 42), and without the support of the United States, the Nicaraguan government had one option which was to create an alliance with Soviet Union. In a very similar situation to Cuba’s they believed that Soviet Union provided …show more content…
The Soviets were in an offensive position in terms of their actions. They were very efficient and successful in expanding their influence across the world. Regions such as Asia, and in Central/South America were heavily influenced by their ideoligies. Reagan, who was the current president, was quick to respond with the Reagan Doctrine. “Reagan’s strategy, was to strengthen Democratic governments, and anti-government forces that were against Marxist-Leninism ideologies…. All together this was to prevent the spread of communism in many of the third world countries.” ( Page 1 of The Impact of President Reagans Foreign policy) Reagan was practicing liberalism in the sense of protecting noncommunist nations, and also presenting the Soviet Union as an aggressor, in the perspective of the United States it was important to take action to maintain balance in the region. This led to CIA and Reagans Administration to take matters into their own hands and fix the problem
Since the early 20th century, the United States funded Somoza’s family to stay in power. “It is said that FDR once referred to Somoza by saying ‘Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he’s our son of a bitch.’” (one struggle.net) This support continued until Reagan was elected President of the United States. The people of Nicaragua were very religious and very passionate in their movement, the people referred their situation to the bible, and describe it with context. “Somoza was cast as the Pharaoh, and the FSLN was likened to Moses, leading the people across the parted waters of the Red Sea into the Promised Land.” ( 42), and without the support of the United States, the Nicaraguan government had one option which was to create an alliance with Soviet Union. In a very similar situation to Cuba’s they believed that Soviet Union provided …show more content…
The Soviets were in an offensive position in terms of their actions. They were very efficient and successful in expanding their influence across the world. Regions such as Asia, and in Central/South America were heavily influenced by their ideoligies. Reagan, who was the current president, was quick to respond with the Reagan Doctrine. “Reagan’s strategy, was to strengthen Democratic governments, and anti-government forces that were against Marxist-Leninism ideologies…. All together this was to prevent the spread of communism in many of the third world countries.” ( Page 1 of The Impact of President Reagans Foreign policy) Reagan was practicing liberalism in the sense of protecting noncommunist nations, and also presenting the Soviet Union as an aggressor, in the perspective of the United States it was important to take action to maintain balance in the region. This led to CIA and Reagans Administration to take matters into their own hands and fix the problem