Nicaragua: Extortion, Dialogue And A Longing for Peace
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Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and first lady Rosario Murillo attend the opening of a national dialogue, in Managua, Nicaragua, May 16, 2018. AP | Alfredo Zuniga
Since April 23, right-wing extremists in Nicaragua have murdered government supporters, attacked municipal offices and police; vandalized and looted commercial property and have shot numerous police officers. Yet the arbitrators of the reconciliation process openly side with them.
By Tortilla Con Sal
Recent experience confirms that the Latin American and the Caribbean right-wing, like the U.S. government, cannot be trusted to comply with agreements. That has been true for Cuba’s revolutionary government in its direct talks with the U.S. authorities; for Colombia’s FARC former guerrillas over governmen...