Carlos Nunez.
Council of the State, and member of the nine-strong he key points of his speech.
Carlos Nunez speaking at Labour Party conference THE LABOUR PARTY conference was addressed president of the Nicaraguan national directorate of the FSLN. The following are COMRADES, the Central American region, forgorten and almost ignored by the world for decades has been dramatically transformed in the last few years into one of the regions of the world where an extremely dangerous and serious conflict is underway.
revolutionary victory of the Nicaraguan people was considered by the current US administration to be an unacceptable situation with regard to its traditional hegemony and control over the region. can only find in this attitude hatred for a people who won and are now defending their right to self-determination, independence and sovereignty.
Nicaragua does not accept this logic. Hidden in the administration's supposed arguments are the echoes of a decadent nation. If Nicaragua knelt before this imperial everything would be as it was before and the rejection, the in. difference towards Latin America those peoples who are struggling for their liberation, would once again rule.
Everyone expects TrON •Nicaragua would have no • moral or political credibili-ty if it defrauded the in. still less those of its own ' peoples.
The US government has tried In a sustained • way to bring about the col.
national 9 economy with the aim improving the conditions Everything to date confirms the fact that the We for its plans of military attack. How else but as an interventionist war can the foreign financing sources' boycott of our country be explained? How else but as war cal the externally imposed military situation which is forcing us to direct large quantities human, économic and financial resources into national defence, affecting the for education, health, housing feeding of our people, be explained?
The total amount of productive has risen $200 million. The loss of human life the same period stands at 2311 dead, 1900 wounded and 3720 disappeared - which comes to 931 Nicaraguans, the majority civilians.
Nicaragua in the midst of this interventionist aggression is ready hold the first free elections in its history on 4 November, with the participation of seven political parties of different ideologies and practices, which in itself demonstrates the pluralism and democracy we are constructing Once again clash with the policies of the Reagan administration, which is trying to de-legitimise those promoting the abstention some political groups enordento make community believe that the elections are a farce.
The elections are part of the fulfillment of the commitments made by the FSLN to the people. It is firm decision of the revomnonary. governell to convert the electoral process into a great civic education In all evaluation of the five years that have gone by.
The people will choose whether or not they are in agreement with tinuation of the revolu. tionary process by voting for FSLN or, if they opt for change, by electing another The electoral process will be a true example of democracy at work on the continent.
Socialist Action 12 October 1984