Nicaragua Burning

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Nicaragua Burning

From: Loud & Clear Interviews
 
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On today’s episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined from Managua, Nicaragua, by Max Blumenthal, the senior editor of Grayzone Project, bestselling author whose latest book is “The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza,” and co-host of the podcast “Moderate Rebels,” and Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer who is the author of “The Plot to attack Iran.”
Nicaragua is in deep crisis since protests began three months ago as opponents of the government…See More
To learn more about the crisis in Nicaragua and the U.S.-backed effort to carry out a counter-revolution, listen to this informative interview with best-selling author and journalist Max Blumenthal and human rights and labor lawyer Dan Kovalik, who are in Managua. They appeared on Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear today to discuss the crisis, its real causes and the enduring popular support the Sandinistas enjoy among wide sectors of the population.

Listen to the interview

Today marks 39 years since the victory of the Sandinista revolution. Just as they did in the 1980s, in the present day local elites in alliance with U.S. imperialism are yet again engaged in a violent push to overthrow the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and president Ortega. The situation has been completely distorted by the corporate media.
In 1979, the FSLN overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza. Somoza, and before him his father Luis, ruled the country through brutal force and facilitated the plunder of the country by U.S. corporations along with the enrichment of a tiny elite who sold out the country.
After the success of the revolution, the Sandinistas instituted progressive reforms aimed at redistributing the country’s wealth and asserting independence in foreign affairs. In response, the Reagan administration unleashed the terrorist paramilitary “Contras”, who waged a devastating war of attrition that led to tens of thousands of deaths. While the Sandinistas were removed from power in 1990, they continued to participate in the country’s political life and Daniel Ortega was re-elected president in 2006.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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