Under the volcano: neoliberalism finds Nicaragua.

Nation, The, April, 1998 by Baxter, Kevin

Nicaragua has radically changed since the departure of the Sandinistas from office. A society, which was once the most egalitarian in Central America, has become sharply divided. Diseases, unemployment and pessimism pervade the country, and 80% of the population lives in poverty.

IN THE SANDINISTAS' WAKE SITS ARNOLDO ALEMAN, DOSING HIS PEOPLE WITH AN ECONOMIC PROGRAM OF `BITTER MEDICINE': PRIVATIZATION AND SLASHED SOCIAL SPENDING.

Managua

Forget the reinforced military bunker beneath Loma Tiscapa, from which the Somoza family dictatorship long ruled this country as if it were their personal hacienda. Forget the lakeside Plaza of the Revolution, from which Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega regularly rallied his followers during the darkest days of...