'The crusade was part of a larger effort to bring a better life to the people, ' says Cleland.

“我们有一项更大的使命，就是改善人民的生活，而扫盲运动只是这项使命的一部分”，Cleland 说。

Cleland warns that the Nicaraguan crusade was special in many ways, and similar campaigns elsewhere might not work as well.

Cleland 警告说，Nicaraguan 的扫盲运动在很多方面都很特殊，而在其他地方进行类似的运动可能无法收到同样效果。