ABSTRACT
The Nicaraguan regime also raises a geopolitical problem. Unparalleled Nicaraguan militarization upsets the regional balance, and the construction of the Punta Huete airport constitutes a potential menace to hemispheric security. The stark reality is that the fight for democracy in Nicaragua rests on the shoulders of the Central American governments if the Nicaraguan internal conflict is to be resolved through the Contadora mechanism. Two other factors complicate Latin American syndromes, giving the Sandinistas greater latitude to consolidate their power by helping to distort reality and project a mythical vision of Nicaragua to the outside world. The first is liberation theology used to showcase the revolution. The second factor allowing the comandantes to generate solidarity and sympathy abroad is the international perception of the United States’ financing of the Nicaraguan resistance and providing it with logistical support. The Nicaraguan resistance favors a political solution that would guarantee social peace in Nicaragua, but it adamantly opposes a cosmetic settlement.
