Original sentence: ABC news had been predicting a 16-point Sandinista victory
Edited sentence: (Due, entirely, to the US-funded and trained Contra, primarily in Honduras which received huge American aid that was used to pay public officials salaries.) ABC news had been predicting a 16-point Sandinista victory.It was vote against Sandinistas or vote for continued war and an economic embargo which the largest importer and exporter of Nicaraguan goods.The Sandinistas during the initial years of the post-terrorism period retained executive control, to the point that Jimmy Carter pleaded with Chamorro to accept this reality.The Sandinistas eventually returned to de jure control in about two decades.The Terrorist CIA manual is absolute proof of the Americans intent to terrify Nicaraguan voters into voting against Sandinistas which they did in fact support