Rep. Chris Smith on #Nicaragua's Ortega regime and its crackdown on the Catholic church, jailing of priests, kicking out nuns:
"It is unconscionable that we have not done everything we can to stop [international] loans from going to prop up this dirty dictatorship."
"It is unconscionable that we have not done everything we can to stop [international] loans from going to prop up this dirty dictatorship."
.@TheWilsonCenter's Eddy Acevedo highlights #Russian military presence, GPS satellite in #Nicaragua:
"Ortega has allowed Russian military activity in Managua...He has posted military hardware from #Russia, including t T-72 tanks, and Russia's Tu-160 Blackjack bombers..."
"Ortega has allowed Russian military activity in Managua...He has posted military hardware from #Russia, including t T-72 tanks, and Russia's Tu-160 Blackjack bombers..."
More from Acevedo: "Back in the late '90s, early 2000s the Russians had a spy facility in Lourdes, Cuba, and many members of Congress in a bipartisan fashion worked with the State Dept...to kick out the Russians from Cuba. And we were successful in that endeavor."
"We are looking at Russians beefing up their activities, not only in #Nicaragua, but also in #Venezuela, and that is something that I think does not get good enough attention."
More from Rep. Smith: “The Vatican and the Biden Administration must raise their voices and take concrete action to hold Ortega to account for his horrific crimes against the people of #Nicaragua,” said Smith.
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