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Daniel Ortega, the revolutionary soldier who led a Marxist junta that ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, appears poised to once again become his country’s leader. He is presently leading in the polls, and will likely win the presidential election next month if trends continue.
This has in turn prompted Oliver North, the former American colonel who was at the heart of an elaborate US-backed scheme to undermine Ortega’s government with covert aid to anti-Marxist rebels, to speak out. Visiting the country this week, he has gone on Nicaraguan TV and argued that it “would be the worst thing for Nicaragua” if Ortega was elected back to power. Other people say that Ortega is no longer anything to fear, as he has moderated his politics considerably during his 16-year exile. But Mr. North seems to have a hard time giving up meddling in the affairs of that nation. Read more…
