Re-election for Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, continent’s poorest nation

Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:25 UTC

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Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, was headed for a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election. Preliminary results showed Ortega, who has cemented his hold on power with social spending for the poor, had 63.7% support based on a count of votes from 18% of polling stations. Read full article

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Yuleno
There will be friendly relations between Nicaragua,Guatemala and the US but will there be equal respect for the three nations???
Nov 08th, 2011 - 01:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Sergio Vega
Isn´t strange that all those populist presidents all over the world, but specially in Latam, try to be re-elected always over the constitutional order indicate modifing their Constitutions to be allowed it?
Those egocentrics rulers think they are the only ones that can push their countries up from the underdevelopment, but the facts have shown that they only sink their countries even more with populist and totalitarians policies and Nicaragua is one oif those clear examples......but we can ask to ourselves if this isn´t what those countries deserve for their own people desire ??? Maybe they are happy to remain in to the poverty and ignorance, without any human right other than to share the lowest level of life....(see Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, etc...).
Nov 08th, 2011 - 02:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Yuleno
Of course what the USA's involvement in this area's statehood has had no impact has it?how would you account for the living conditions of immigrants from this area to the US,let me guess the explanation...........no need you'll probably tell me?
Nov 08th, 2011 - 06:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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