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Greetings Zelaya.

I'm not sure why you state that a non-Nicaraguan can't understand their situation.  There's certainly a different perspective one necessarily has as an outsider or partial outsider, like you and I both are to varying degrees, but that in itself doesn't make comprehension impossible in my opinion.

Did the Sandinistas inspire hatred in me?  Well, I believe in the value of civil society - the right of property, free speech, the value of trusting personal relationships in which honest dialogue can take place, accountability in personal and business, etc.  The Sandinistas are the epitome of a narcissistic aspect of Nicaraguan culture, a madness in which a Nicaraguan believes that civility is his birthright to receive from others but not his responsibility.  It is an illness whereby a Nicaraguan mischaracterizes something you might have done (or might not have done even) as an attempt to take advantage of him, which in his mind then justifies him to engage in any or all retribution no matter the scale of the escalation or the inaccuracy of the original offence. 

I'm not sure if it's beneficial to me or anyone to hate something, but I do agree that when ranking the less desirable aspects of life on earth, that the madness that the Sandinistas embody is at least a prime candidate.

Peter