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Nicaragua Politics
ORTEGA APPEARS HEADED FOR VICTORY
Daniel Ortega, the revolutionary Marxist who battled a U.S.-backed Contra insurgency in the 1980s, was closing in on Nicaragua's presidency, appearing Monday to have defeated four opponents with promises that he was a changed man.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/...s.ap/index.html
After all the US did to get rid of this man he has returned from the 'dead' with the support of his people too!
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ORTEGA TO RETURN TO POWER WEDNESDAY Daniel Ortega, who led a Marxist government that spent the 1980s fighting off a U.S.-backed insurgency, returns to power Wednesday with promises to respect free trade and private business and maintain relations with Washington. Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/...a.ap/index.html |
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Nicaragua - A Nations Right To Survive
Video - A Documentary Film By John Pilger
John Pilger's 1983 film about the small nation of Nicaragua and its right to survive investigates the corruption in Central America. Pilger describes the achievements of the Sandinistas and their "threat of a good example". Ref. Source 6
Nicaragua invites Russia to help build canal between Atlantic, Pacific Oceans
"The Nicaraguan side asked the Russian side to participate in the construction of the canal running across Nicaragua and linking the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans," a Transport Ministry spokesman said. According to an expert assessment, the project will costs 18 billion U.S. Dollars. Ref. Source 1