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Subject: The Crimes of Nicaragua (IV)
Date: 12 Sep 92 02:27:53 GMT
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The Crimes of Nicaragua (IV)


               Social Progress in Nicaragua, 1978-1984

                           1978-1979                1983-1984
Health Indicators
=================

Infant mortality              121                      74
(per 1,000)

% of Population
with Access to                 28                      80
Medical Care

Primary Care Units            172                     446

Cases of Disease:

    Measles                   901                     104

    Polio                      36                       0

    Tuberculosis            1,645                     950

Education Advances
==================

Illiteracy                    50%                     13%

% of GNP for Education         1%                      5%

# of children in preschools 9,000                  70,000

Total School Population   501,000               1,127,428

Organized Labor
===============

% of Workforce Organized       6%                     40%

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SOURCES: _Central America Bulletin_, Nov. 1984; Oxfam America "Facts
for Action Nicaragua: Development Under Fire," No. 8, 1984; Institute
for Food and Development Policy _What Difference Could a Revolution
Make_, 1985; _American Journal of Public Health_, October 1984.
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            T h e   " N i c a r a g u a   L i b r a r y "
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* Nicaragua
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  WHO-WERE CONTRAS    Contras' origins; make-up; practices - documented
  FSLN     H-RIGHTS  Documented HRs comparison w/Somoza,Guat,ES,others
  FSLN     MISKITOS  Sandinista treatment of Miskitos;Charges & Realit
  FSLN     NICAJEWS  Debunks charges of Sandinista 'Anti-Semitism'
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  OXFAM84  NICARAG   Oxfam America's 1984 report on Nicaragua, in full
  FSLN     ACHIEVE   Documented: achievements of the Nica. revolution
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  NICA-84  ELECTION  Documented: Fair under Sandinistas; US subversion
  FAIRNESS NICA-USA  Flwup:`Is Nicaragua More Democratic than the US?'
  NICRAGUA ELECTION  Study in US subversion of '90 Nicaraguan election

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