My latest article at Real Clear World is up, Nicaragua: Look Who Wants A Referendum?
Call it the electoral wash-rinse-repeat cycle.
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My latest article at Real Clear World is up, Nicaragua: Look Who Wants A Referendum?
Call it the electoral wash-rinse-repeat cycle.
Sandinistas accusing their leader of being a dictator? That’s rich. That’s like being shocked, shocked to discover gambling in Rick’s Cafe.
I hope all Nicaraguans, both in government and private citizens, stand up for democracy on these upcoming shenanigans. I believe, like in Honduras’ case, that Nicaraguans are very intelligent strong willed people who won’t put up for this or any kind of governmental corruption.
Hypothetical, and I hope I’m wrong on all ends, but if the time comes and Nicaraguan government does something similar like Honduras did, betting the world will blame the new Honduran government for ‘further unstabilizing’ the region. Just a hypothetical prediction.
This conversation about amending the Nicaraguan constitution has been going on in Managua since the latter part of 2007. Despite the oil money that it receives from Venezuela (much of which has mysteriously disappeared, chiefly through the Albanisa mechanism), Nicaragua has thus far been unable to engineer something a la Chávez. And yes, the dissident Sandinistas of the MRS are the ones to thank for that. Téllez and Jarquín might not stand for what I do, but what people don’t realice is that they were the ideological authors of the Sandinistas of the 80s; their political line is staunchly against what Ortega and la Chamuca support.
If this is pushed through, pay just as close attention to what Arnoldo Alemán and his followers of the PLC do. Mark my words, el Pacto is alive and well, and at this point, Alemán has absolutely nothing to lose.
Anthony: LOL! It is amusing to find Sandinistas waking up after all these years. Recall that chant from the ’80s: “Comandantes,Tell us what to do.”
Re ex Sandinistas, Manuel Jiron in his book Quien Es Quien en Nicaragua, published circa 1986, made a prediction about then Vice President Sergio Ramirez. Jiron observed that as a teenager, Sergio had headed up Juventud Somocista in his hometown. Jiron predicted that when the Sandinistas fell from power, that Sergio Ramirez would break with the Sandinistas. It took 15 years, but Jiron was proved correct.