In the same year that Madame Chamorro visited Taiwan, the Sandinista Party, operating as a minority party, began holding protests in opposition to the privatization of nationalized industries. Protesters dug up bricks from the road and burned old tires. They gathered together in front of the presidential mansion and held protest rallies, bringing Managua's intercourse with the outside world to a virtual standstill.
就在查莫洛夫人訪華當年，在野的桑定黨還曾發起抗爭，反對國營企業民營化，反對人士將馬路的地磚挖起，並焚燒廢棄輪胎；又在總統府前搭帳篷聚集抗爭，使得首都馬納瓜對外交通幾乎癱瘓。