Daniel Ortega

NICARAGUA: US Fourth Fleet Treads Fine Line

ipsnews.net     19 hrs ago          

BILWI, Nicaragua, Aug 20 (IPS) - The newly reactivated U.S. Fourth Fleet began its operations in Latin American waters with a humanitarian mission that made its first stop in Nicaragua, before heading on to six other countries...                    

You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh..

croydonian.blogspot.com     22 hrs ago          

From El Pais, writing on matters Nicaraguan:"One of Nicaragua’s most famous singer-songwriters is engaged in a heated political battle with president Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo over the use of his music during...                    

Ortega offers asylum to narco-traffickers

babalublog.com     yesterday          

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is widely considered to be one of the Cuban dictatorship’s strongest allies, behind perhaps only Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivia’s Evo Morales in his outspoken efforts to subvert...                    

Poor in Peru fail to understand economic growth

dailyestimate.com     Aug 19, 2008   2 related          

Some Latin countries are now ruled (yet again) by despotic leftist and popu­list caudillos (strongmen) by James M. Roberts and Edwar Enrique Escalante Monday, August 18, 2008 In Peru, hard-won economic and political freedom is...                    

On the Road to a New Cold War?

realclearpolitics.com     Aug 19, 2008          

Almost 20 years ago, as the Soviet Union tottered, I chatted with Boris Yeltsin and came to two odd conclusions: He liked to drink vodka in the mornings and had lost all his faith in communism. I never learned whether alcohol,...                    

US Nicaraguan relations may be on downward spiral

scoop.co.nz     Aug 19, 2008          

Except for a couple of US multinational companies which ended their operations in the Nicaraguan Free Trade Zones earlier this year after a modest increase in the minimum wage, US and other international capital has not fled...                    

Chief Ortega testifies

montereyherald.com     Aug 16, 2008          

Says man quit police department before crash incident By VIRGINIA HENNESSEY Herald Salinas Bureau Salinas Police Chief Daniel Ortega took the witness stand Friday in the trial of a Salinas man accused of impersonating a police...                    

Guerilla turns PM

bbc.co.uk     Aug 16, 2008          

As the Nepalese Maoist guerrilla leader Prachanda is appointed prime minister, two years after giving up a bloody insurgency, our world affairs correspondent Paul Reynolds look at how other revolutionaries have fared as...                    

Nicaraguan bishops warn Sandinista government

miamiherald.com     Aug 15, 2008          

Nicaragua's council of bishops has published an open letter warning of ``a return to old-style forms of authoritarianism.'' The bishops did not mention by name the government of President Daniel Ortega in the letter published...                    

POLITICS-PARAGUAY: Rocky Road Ahead for Lugo

ipsnews.net     Aug 15, 2008   2 related          

ASUNCION, Aug 14 (IPS) - Amidst anticipation and apprehension regarding the imminent political transition, Paraguay is gearing up for Friday’s inauguration of centre-left President-elect Fernando Lugo, known as the "bishop of...                    

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