Dreams of the Heart: The Autobiography of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro of Nicaragua.

The Nation | September 30, 1996| | Copyright

The Autobiography of President Violeta Barrios de Chumorro of Nicaragua. With Sonia Cruz de Baltodano and Guido Fernandez. Simon & Schuster. 352 pp. $25.

"A nation's existence is, if you will pardon the metaphor, a daily plebiscite," Ernest Renan has told us. Nicaragua's very existence lay on the line throughout the eighties while the United States poured billions into smashing the Sandinista government.

In 1990 the Sandinistas fell, victims of a "punishment" vote and the electorate's wish to change its luck. The winner, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, had a ...

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