The project, in english

So, I realize that my ISP proposal is a pretty dense piece of nonsense. I've been attempting to free write a bit to get myself on task and figure out exactly what it is I want to know about this topic. This is what I've got.

In 1983 the Contadora group, afraid the conflicts in Central America would spread to neighboring countries attempted to begin a peace process. Little was accomplished until 1987 when Escipulas II was signed by all five Central American presidents. Escipulas II provided for several immediate changes. What was the spirit of Escipulas II? Did it actually accomplish anything? The war in Nicaragua went on until 1990, El Salvador until 1992 and Guatemala until 1994. Did Escipulas have anything to do with the negotiated elections in Nicaragua? A real, permanent ceasefire in Nicaragua didn’t happen until two months after the elections when the incoming government recognized the RN and worked out a real demobilization process. They then demilitarized the country, from the government to the peasantry. At each stage of this process, what did they see? What was guiding them? What were their goals? What did they want the legacy to be? What was the point of struggling for peace? What did this peace look like?

Now, twenty years after Escipulas II what do they have? No one is shooting, perhaps, but this country is certainly not at peace. Very few people support the government, the majority of the populace is uneducated, far too many people are starving and more live well below the poverty line. The model of democracy used here is unsatisfying to the majority of the population. The country is still divided, if not along the same lines. What is the legacy of the peace process? Did it happen, create the impetus for national ceasefires and a regional conflict resolution body and then disappear? As far as ending the armed conflict is concerned, the peace process has a legacy in that people aren’t killing one another anymore. But is this peace? Has the conflict been transformed? Can Nicaragua stay away from the sauce, so to speak? Is there a lasting legacy to this peace process which attempts to create real peace? From at least 1983 to 1990 people worked on both the regional and national level to achieve peace in Nicaragua. Were they just trying to stop the bleeding and catch their breath? Did they have a real idea of peace in mind?

And what is going on now? Do those who fought for peace twenty years ago look at Nicaraguan society today with pride? Do they shudder when they think of what they tried to build? Do they feel like it’s moving in the right direction? Would they call this peace? If not, who is working to make it so? And how? And would they say that their working for peace in Nicaragua would be part of a legacy from those who worked for peace in Nicaragua in the 80s? Would they say they were standing on the shoulders of Escipulas? Or would they say that Escipulas did very little for the Nicaraguan people and that their roots lie instead with Martin Luther King and Oscar A Romero? Did they start from scratch? And what things have improved? Why? Are those improvements due to the spaces opened by the Central American peace process? Are they due directly to the peace processes? Do they have a completely different beginning?

Hope that is easier to read and makes more sense. It helped me a bit.