My latest articleNicaragua to US: Gimme, Gimme, is up at Real Clear World. Please read it and leave a comment.
In other announcements, there won’t be a podcast today since I’ve had to move up an appointment. See you Monday at BlogTalkRadio, same time (11AM), same channel.
Ortega receives oil from Chavez under the Petrocaribe arrangement. 1/2 is paid for in 30 days with the other 1/2 paid over a long time period at very low interest. Ortega has it set up so he can spend the long term half anyway he sees fit. He refuses to report clearly how the money is spent.
So I would say to the USA to cut off aid to Ortega since he is flush with funds from Chavez. If Ortega needs more money he has the telephone number for Caracas.