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Nicaragua's husband-wife team ready to fall: end of the road for the Ortegas

Saturday, June 2nd 2018 - 08:09 UTC
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By Gwynne Dyer (*) - From the Ceausescus in Romania (overthrown and shot 1989) to the Mugabes (removed in a non-violent military coup 2017), husband-and-wife teams running authoritarian regimes seem to have a particularly high casualty rate. And now it may be the turn of the Nicaraguan team: President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo. Read full article

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  • chronic

    O' Danny boy - the pipes, the pipes are calling - from Managua to Miami . . . .

    Strange how the screw turns.

    The poll is official open.

    Dust off your crystal balls.

    Ortega's fate is:

    International NGO?

    Prison?

    Domestic veneration?

    News commentary?

    Bestselling author? Suggest possible titles if this is your choice.

    Assassination?

    Exile?

    Poverty?

    Riviera?

    Cuba?

    Venezuela?

    Russia?

    Jun 03rd, 2018 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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