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Vive Sandino! Viva la revolución!
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November 7, 2006
WB: Viva Nicaragua!
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Well, Alan Garcia made a comeback earlier this year in Peru, so I suppose anything’s possible. And Lula was also recently rendorsed by Brazilians, despite various dire warnings of the negative outcome if they did.
Maybe Ollie and Rog can team up w/ the govt of Iran again to “rebalance” the Nicaraguan electorate – or maybe it would be better for them to team up w/ Ortega against Iran. Who knows?
Frankly, I’m confused about the US interpretation of democracy at this point.
Posted by: Dismal Science | Nov 7 2006 10:41 utc | 1
Ollie is no respecter of Godwin, that’s for sure:
Oliver North, the former Reagan aide who orchestrated the Iran-Contra scandal, flew here last month to visit old Contra pals and compare Ortega to Adolf Hitler.
Posted by: Dismal Science | Nov 7 2006 12:06 utc | 2
So this is what Billmon sounds like when he still has some fight left in him. Sounds good.
Posted by: della Rovere | Nov 7 2006 12:47 utc | 3
Election Council to OK Ortega Today
Managua, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) The Nicaragua Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) will announce presidential and legislative elections final results Tuesday in which Sandinista Daniel Ortega appears as virtual winner based on 62 percent of counted votes.
According to details spread Monday night in the fourth preliminary count the ex dignitary appeared with an almost eight percent advantage over his closest rival the ex banker Eduardo Montealegre from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance.
At least two parallel counts at the ballot box made by independent observation entities gave the victory in the first round to the candidate from Nicaragua Triumph Great Unity leads by the National Sandinista Liberation Front.
arias in costa rica says he is looking forward to working w/ ortega again. problem is, both presidents support u.s. “free trade” treaties.
Posted by: b real | Nov 7 2006 15:55 utc | 4
little engine that could, can, and did.
VIVA DANIEL, VIVA NICARAGUA !!
Posted by: anna missed | Nov 7 2006 18:00 utc | 5
US media on the march…
Nicaragua: alianza entre viejos rivales
(pic) El compañero de Ortega es Jaime Morales, empresario y ex dirigente de la “Contra”. El sandinista Daniel Ortega inició su campaña electoral rumbo a la Presidencia de Nicaragua, acompañado de viejos rivales.
BBC
from wtop news:
A former Contra who is running as Ortega’s vice president, however, said the United States should give the ex-revolutionary a chance.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Jaime Morales said presidential front-runner Ortega isn’t the same man who led a war against the Washington-backed Contra rebels.
“I believe in him because he has truly matured over the years,” he said.
Morales was the spokesman for the Contras when Washington organized and funded their civil war against the Sandinistas.
wtop
same ‘story’ from CNN cache:
Ortega insists he has changed. In fact, his vice-presidential candidate was once one of his biggest enemies: Jaime Morales, who served as the spokesman for the Contras.
As Sandinista leader, Ortega seized Morales’ estate, but they reconciled after Ortega offered to pay Morales for his former home — now Ortega’s campaign headquarters.
CNNcache
these sentences have been edited out in the CNN article now up.
CNN
Once an enemy, always an enemy.
Posted by: Noirette | Nov 8 2006 9:42 utc | 6