Can somebody give an objective account of the pros and cons of Sandinista rule in Nicaragua during the 1980s?

by holytriplem

So the Wikipedia article on the Sandinistas is somewhat, should I say,...hagiographic. Can somebody mention some of the downsides of Sandinista rule in Nicaragua? Was Nicaragua really a socialist utopia, and were the Sandinistas really as democratic as is portrayed in this Wikipedia article, or was Nicaragua more like present-day Venezuela?

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What is meant "like present day venezuela"?