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International | Corruption mars an experiment in democracy, but Nicaraguans vow to clean up their own house | Greg Dabel

NICARAGUA'S FLEDGLING democracy narrowly averted a constitutional crisis, but not before the nation's former president, Arnoldo Alem‡n, was placed under house arrest.

The ex-president, Nicaragua's second democratically elected head of state since the overthrow of the Marxist Sandinistas, has been under complete house arrest since early this year for embezzling perhaps as much as $100 million. Mr. Alem‡n surrendered his passport and all diplomatic privileges. He is allowed to live in only one room in his own home, where he is under 24-hour police guard. With a dozen officers on duty round-the-clock, all outside contact, including telephone, fax, and e-mail communication, is tightly restricted. Visitors must get permission from a judge in order to see him.

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