economic warfare which crippled Nicaragua, and the Bush Administration threatened a continuation of that warfare, if Chamoro did not win the 1990 election. Surprise of surprises, the Nicaraguans voted (they hoped) their pocketbooks, just as Americans are said to do.
Those observers who supported the Sandinista explained that the revolution did not fail; rather, it was suffocated (Mulligan 33). As opposed to having a chance to work for reconstruction in peace, Nicaragua was forced to endure 10 years of war "supported by the strongest country on earth, a trade embargo, economic harassment, and ideological and religious war. It has not been shown in any way, for any honest observer, that this revolution was not viable in itself, but rather that it was not allowed to succeed. The strongest country on earth and many religious institutions aligned themselves with the local and international bourgeoisie to undermine the proje
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