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Rumsfeld visits Nicaragua
More Nicaragua news: Donald Rumsfeld is in town, headlining the seventh annual conference of defense ministers of the Americas in Managua. It will be interesting to see whether he makes any comments about Nicaragua’s upcoming election and the possibility that Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega could return to power.
American officials like Ambassador Paul Trivelli and Congressman Dan Burton have come under fire in the Nicaraguan media for what is seen by many here as meddling in the country’s internal affairs. The U.S. is widely considered to be behind an effort to unite right-wing parties in Nicaragua to ensure that Ortega doesn’t win. Ortega leads the polls but not with enough support to avoid a second round of voting.
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