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With Nicaraguan elections coming up, the anti-socialist trolls are out already. I want to share this article by @BenjaminNorton from a few months ago, about a law requiring foreign agents to register. One name you'll hear a lot is Chamorro.
thegrayzone.com/2021/02/11/bid…
With Nicaraguan elections coming up, the anti-socialist trolls are out already. I want to share this article by @BenjaminNorton from a few months ago, about a law requiring foreign agents to register. One name you'll hear a lot is Chamorro.
thegrayzone.com/2021/02/11/bid…
Nicaragua’s neoliberal former President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, came to power in 1990 thanks to a US-backed terror war and blockade of the country, along with funding from Washington’s National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
The Chamorro clan is one of the wealthiest and most powerful oligarch families in Nicaragua. Many right-wing opposition leaders in the Central American nation are Chamorros, and they enjoy a close relationship with the US government.
This oligarch family’s foundation is bankrolled by Washington’s soft-power arm, the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
So when you hear how Ortega is anti-democracy for arresting his opponents, he is arresting his opponents for actual treason- conspiring with the CIA to overthrow the government.
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