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What Is Really Happening in Nicaragua?

Jul 11, 2018
There is a great deal of false and inaccurate information about Nicaragua in the media. Even on the left, some have simply repeated the dubious claims of CNN and Nicaragua’s oligarchic media to support the removal of President Ortega.

Ortega Stirs Controversy in Re-Election Bid

Nov 14, 2010
Contemporary Nicaraguan politics have always been mired in conflict, be it in response to natural disasters, U.S.-sponsored terrorism, or depressing and dire poverty. And now President Daniel Ortega is using a “contested interpretation” of the country's constitution to try to stay in power, incensing his opposition.