Other political factions are not permitted to attempt to change the Sandinista political order. These other factions are barred from ever attaining power, and are allowed only existence. There is no distinction between the State and the Sandinista party. Individual rights do not exist per se, but are only tolerated. Ortega's idea of nationalism proposes a defiant role in the international arena.
Military buildup combined with propaganda constitutes the current policy.
I advocate pluralism of the sort prevailing in Costa Rica, where individual freedoms are supreme and the state reflects the will of civil society, For me, nationalism is based on moral authority not on swaggering attitudes. Yes, we are entitled to buy whatever kind of weapons we feel like for our legitimate defense. But we have to take into consideration several things. If we allow political space for our dissidents, we wouldn't end up having a civil war. We have to take into account that we are one of several units in the Central American common market, and we cannot have a system which is asymmetric with respect to the others.