European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes july 1985 Nicaragua women opposing views of sandinista regime by Dianne Kearns associated press gunfire shatters the night a woman says As she glances to Ward the honduran about 12 Miles to the she is referring to a bulgarian says Rosario correcting her neighbor with a mothers practice tone of they sit on the the stoop of Rosarios Dir floored waiting for her 15yearold Sone an a Slung Over his shoulder to return from a Volunteer patrol of the foot Hills around Rosario has no trouble discerning the difference be tween shots from rifles carried by the con tras and Russia made aks toted by members of Nic Araguas sandinista even at she still stumbles Over words in the her newfound abilities to read and distinguish Between gunfire Are among the Many changes in Rosarios life since the revolution that ended nearly half a Century of dynastic Rule by the Somoza family in 1979 and brought the leftist sandinista to she supports the new it helped her open a store in her enabling her to look after her children while making a instead of hiring herself out As a Domestic her plans to be come a a goal that would have been unthinkable for a poor peasant boy in pre sandinista Rosarios Story of a mothers love and Hopes for her and worry about their is echoed by Many nicaraguan women in the War but it int the Only like Maria who asked that her real name not be used is of peasant and a single her Foremost is the Well being of her Chil she holds opposite views of the sandinista from Rosario equates the revolution with new possibilities and new for All of the revolution has been she for the children the Best thing is to be Able to be i Hope that we have peace so that they can Maria blames the revolution for shattering her dreams of a better tomorrow for her two life will be harder for she the fourth of 17 and one of 10 who Maria grew up in an hours drive from Man she was the daughter of a through sheer she earned her franchise As a cosmetics she later married a businessman from Al now she and her teenage daughters live comfortably in a ranch style House in which is about 150 Miles South of Rosarios Marias daughters attend private at 15 and they Are More preoccupied with the latest fashions and boyfriends than the turmoil that grips their Maria finds Little to Praise about the sandinista government Turat has reordered society and rewritten her daughters it has ended her own climb which began when Anastasio Somoza debayle was in Power and Nicaragua was underdeveloped but Capitalis she does not begrudge the governments professed goal to improve life for those mired in the hopelessness that has plagued generations of peasants in this country of less than 3 million in her the new system wll deprive her daughters of the benefits of her simply having the Money to Send them abroad to school or for travel is no she most of her worries Are rooted in the absence of incentive to achieve and the push for conformity that she feels Are inherent in the marxist oriented system embraced by the to capitalism Means exploitation says she recalls that one daughter failed a test asked about the life of the peasant Campesino since the she responded that their lot was As awful As in pre sandinista i worry about Maria she also worries that the government will require her daughters to join other Young nicaraguans picking cof fee if they want to continue their educations beyond secondary school Maria works tirelessly to preserve their Middle class several Days a week she drives to Dir Iamba and loads up her 1973 Blue Toyota with vegetables and sweets bought More cheaply in the she then resells the goods to or to vendors who set up stalls in expansive marketplaces in one two Young nicaraguan men pulled up in front of Marias House on a motorcycle and lugged a Large Box under Marias watchful they took out dozens of containers of Eye lipstick and other supporter of sandinista Rosario Martinez left leaning on counter of her store in a photo