When Reagan left office in 1989, he held an approval rating of 68%, matching those of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later Bill Clinton, as the highest ratings for departing presidents in the modern era. He was the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve two full terms after the five prior presidents did not. A separate report by Congress concluded that 'If the president did not know what his national security advisers were doing, he should have.' Reagan's popularity declined from 67 percent to 46 percent in less than a week, the most significant and quickest decline ever for a president. The scandal resulted in eleven convictions and fourteen indictments within Reagan's staff.Many Central Americans criticize Reagan for his support of the Contras, calling him an anti-communist zealot, blinded to human rights abuses, while others say he 'saved Central America.' Daniel Ortega, Sandinistan and president of Nicaragua, said that he hoped God would forgive Reagan for his 'dirty war against Nicaragua.
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