Only one thing could unite the vehemently opposed candidates vying for the Nicaraguan presidency (the election is in November): the defeat of Daniel Ortega. As the Miami Herald reported on Monday, 3 of the 4 major candidates debated their respective agendas in Florida this week, arguing that the future of Nicaragua will only improve if Ortega is kept out of office.
Does anyone else out there think it´s strange that these Nicaraguan political leaders were invited to debate one another in the United States???
Ortega has some support here, but many people continued to be disillusioned with the outcome of the Sandinista revolution (and some even say openly that things were better under Somoza), and do not want to elect anyone who might bring back the radical Sandinista policies of the 80s. The political climate here is polarized, the people have little confianza in their leadership, and the economic situation continues to be precarious. No one has risen to the task of uniting a diverse voting public, or presented a compelling vision/agenda to the people.
After reading that last sentence, it occurs to me that the same things are true in the United States, 3,000 miles away. Truly, people and politics are the same everywhere.
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