[gedeon3]

The translation is not perfect, but I did my best. The sandinistas have been blasting President Reagan, but this article is a bit on the opposite side of the 'sandinista mind (sic)'.

Ronald Reagan, the greatest president of my lifetime, the 20th century, and one of the greatest ever in our nation.

[marron]

ping

[snooker]

"Now, seeing the death of ex- president Reagan, one has to remember that if had not been for his vision and by its energetic international policy of containment of Communism, in Nicaragua there would be at this point a communist State, the Nicaraguans would not have individual liberties, in the country would not be democracy and the great majority of the population would be put under the espionage of the CDS (block committees), the repression of the Mint (interior ministry) and the DGSE(similar to kgb), and the rigid rationing of basic products, while the communist nomenclature would have everything, like in Cuba.

This is the part liberals detest.

The question is why?

The parallels with Iraq and today's debate is breathtaking. The only sane conclusion is Liberals hate there brethren dictators being taken down.

[doug from upland]

This is great. Thanks.

[Jeff Head]

Outstanding...the people who are out from under the boot of communist tyranny know that after they thank God for their deliverance, they can thank Ronald Reagan in many, many cases.

My Prayer for the viewing of Ronald Reagan

[isthisnickcool]

QUESTION: What does the old Soviet Union and Michael Moore have in common?

ANSWER: The old USSR clutched it's chest one day and fell over. Michael Moore will too.

[elhombrelibre]

Thanks very much for the post and translation. This too is an area of the world Reagan greatly affected through his brilliantly insightful policies and where he'll likely never get an iota of credit for from his Democratic detractors. Viva la Reagan Revolution. Power to the people! (heeeeheeehee)

[daviddennis]

How could one forget P J O'Rourke's trip to Nicaragua in his first and perhaps greatest political book, Holidays in Hell. He quotes interior minister Thomas Boge as saying something like this: "They [La Prensa, the paper in which this editorial was printed] say we're against freedom of the press. This was a lie, and we couldn't let them print it."

(I know I got that slightly wrong but it was in the same spirit as that).

Ronald Reagan, and a whole bunch of people the left loathes with a passion, brought that down. All it took is a few million bucks in aid and complete and absolute moral clarity -- a virtue that's amazingly absent from most politicians.

D

[Liberatio]

bump

[marblehead17]

ping

[CatoRenasci]

This Editorial needs to be inserted as a reply every time the Left brings up IranContra!

[Texas_Dawg]

[republican4ever]

WOW!!! Even if I did not read it thoroughly (right now I’m at work), I think your translation is great… and this comes from a professional translator!!! Thanks for allowing our fellow Freepers who do not read Spanish get a glimpse of what Reagan meant to anticommunism in Latin America.
Many people do not realize or have never heard what it was like in Central America prior to Reagan. I do. I lived there, and I can still see in mi mind many Nicaraguans interviewed by the Guatemalan TV as they were fleeing Nicaragua. It was painfully reminiscent of what Cubans who leave the Island go through: insults, physical aggression, theft of their personal belongings and humiliation. This was thanks to the Marxist-Leninist-socialist-communist Sandinista government (which, may I remind all, came about with Carter´s “blessings” or, at least thanks to his indifference).
Thanks again!!!!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET


"ALOHA RONNIE' Guyer attended the Jesuit's Loyola University of Los Angeles during the early 1960's ...and went on to fight invading Communists at the 1st Major Battles of the Vietnam War in the Mid-1960's.

TONY COELHO attended Jesuit Loyola University of Los Angeles during the early 1960's ...and went on to personally engineer the U.S. Congress' Cut-off of funding for the Anti-Communists fighting CASTRO-Backed Communists in Central America in the early 1980's.

I wonder who got it right..?


NEVER FORGET

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[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET

While President, CLINTON went down to Central America to apologize for America's fighting on the wrong side there against CASTRO-Backed Communists during the early 1980's.

While Ex-President, CLINTON publically stated that there might not even be an America around in 300 years.

The Enemy is Within...
and always has been.

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[skeeter]

Now, seeing the death of ex- president Reagan, one has to remember that if had not been for his vision and by its energetic international policy of containment of Communism, in Nicaragua there would be at this point a communist State, the Nicaraguans would not have individual liberties, in the country would not be democracy and the great majority of the population would be put under the espionage of the CDS (block committees), the repression of the Mint (interior ministry) and the DGSE(similar to kgb), and the rigid rationing of basic products, while the communist nomenclature would have everything, like in Cuba.

And for this the democrats tried to run him out of office.

Using proceeds from arms, sold in an effort to influence the release of hostages in the middle east, to fund anti communist rebels is an example of creativity, efficiency and resourcefulness rare in foreign policy today.

I wish the contra aspect of Iran Contra HAD been Reagan's idea. MacFarland, Pointdexter and North deserve medals.

Bahfangoo to that late yapping beagle Lawrence Welsh & his democrat handlers.

[mtntop3]

Few in North America know of the struggle of La Prensa just to publish under the Sandinistas. An excellent account of that and the struggle in the society-at-large is in the excellent 1985 book, "Breaking Faith - The Sandinista Revolution and its Impact on Freedom and Christian Faith in Nicaragua" by Humberto Belli.

Belli was an active Sandinista until 1975. He became a Christian, and the editorial page editor of La Prensa.