Was Ortega the one that came in after the revolution?
Because from what I hear from people before it was not much better. Torture chambers, money stolen from relief funds, even blood donated to help in an earthquake was sold on.
Right -- the Somoza regime was no picnic. It was said that, in essence, five bigshot families controlled or owned most of the country and decided its fortunes. So, out of the frying pan (which was fairly local and contained), into the fire (which made it instantly a threat of the first magnitude, the international communist conspiracy -- a direct threat to the US -- that is, until that scheme came apart at the seams in 1989-90).
"Was Ortega the one that came in after the revolution? "
Ortega was the one who hijacked the 'revolution' even as we facilitated the departure of Somoza.
Same as when we ousted Battista to aid the Cuban people, Castro hijacked the revolution and turned it into a stalinist nightmare.