The New Nicaragua: Lessons in Development, Democracy, and by Steven E. Hendrix
By Steven E. Hendrix
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The Nicaraguan people deserved better. While there was corrupt leadership on the left (Ortega) and the right (Alema´n) in their pact with each other, there was also a democratic left (Herty Lewites and others) and a democratic right (Eduardo Montealegre). Also, it was unclear whether or not Ortega and Alema´n really spoke for their parties. Within the FSLN, Economist Alejandro Martınez Cuenca promised to challenge Ortega in a primary. Could he rescue the FSLN and bring it back to the democratic fold?
Within our democracy team, we had three areas of focus: the upcoming election, rule of law or justice, and anticorruption. USAID used to implement its own programs directly via its employees. But during the 1980s, with emphasis on the private sector, USAID outsourced a lot of its work to nongovernmental organizations, faith-based institutions, international organizations and private firms, depending on what was needed. In Nicaragua, we had one contract to implement our justice reform (or rule of law) programs and another contract to a firm to implement our transparency (anticorruption) program.
We welcomed the Carter Center’s involvement and encouraged them to join the efforts. The more eyes on the Nicaraguan election the better, we thought. We needed more people to pressure the Nicaraguan government to ensure a clean election, and the Carter Center’s voice certainly had a persuasive value. On the other hand, some Nicaraguans did not want the Carter Center there. Some remembered how it was Jimmy Carter’s cutting off of assistance to Somoza that led to the Sandinista takeover of their home.