The Washington Post: The political rot in Nicaragua

Friday, April 27th 2018 - 13:34 UTC

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Nicaragua is a volcanic nation, geologically and politically. Forty years ago, seemingly out of nowhere, a series of popular eruptions shook the entrenched regime of Anastasio Somoza, who fell from power on 19 July, 1979. Today, one of the revolutionary architects of that dictator’s ouster, Sandinista party chief Daniel Ortega, rules the country of 6.1 million as high-handedly and corruptly as Somoza ever did. Read full article

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Jack Bauer
Reekie,
where are you ? afraid of defending Ortega ? you shouldn't be, he is one of Lula's friends...
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