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Freedom of the press and political pluralism appear to have been respected to some extent; there are six opposition parties, for example, and a moderate representative of the private sector sits on the ruling five-man junta...
...hand in another touchy episode. He delicately indicated U.S. support for the Sandinista proposal to replace two moderate junta members, who had resigned, with representatives of similar beliefs. Says one of Pezzullo's superiors in Washington: "Larry had to make it clear as day that we considered private-sector representation on the junta a crucial matter, but he had to do it with such a light touch that the Sandinistas could not protest that we were bullying our way into their internal affairs...
...peculiar public-private hostility-a phenomenon notably absent in other industrial societies, especially in West Germany and Japan. The book's basic message: the growth of Government control over business in the U.S. has been so rapid that almost no one in either the private sector or politics knows how to cope with it. The result: wasteful combat. Writes Irving Shapiro, vice chairman of E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co.: "For a long time the two [business and politics] have been circling around each other like gladiators in combat, blocking and parrying each other's moves...
...ultimate survival of the Sandinista regime depends on its ability to avoid a political rift between the leftists and the private sector. One potential crisis flared up last April following the abrupt resignations of two moderate junta members. Their departure was widely seen as a sign of an imminent leftward shift in the national leadership. But the government restored confidence by appointing two moderate replacements...
...most recent source of friction between the Sandinistas and the private sector has been the government's failure to set a specific date for the free elections it originally promised. When no timetable was announced at the anniversary celebration, leaders of the Private Enterprise Council (COSEP), among others, accused the government of "breaking a pledge." Responding to such criticism at a government press conference, Junta Member Sergio Ramirez insisted that the elections had "not been shoved off to one side," but rather that their timing was a "political decision." Earlier, Ramirez had told reporters in the southwestern town...