In a meeting with his Nicaraguan counterpart Sandinista René
Nunez, Iran Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said, “Political and economic relations
between Iran and Nicaragua are expanding.”
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Monday, April 8, 2013
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Politics: First Lady Bewitches Nicaraguans
Murillo’s fame is related to her visibility, power and
influence over the Sandinista Front; she even determines the party’s dress
code, lexicon and music repertoire (the first lady writes the lyrics to all the
Sandinistas’ campaign songs). Indeed, Murillo’s influence over the Sandinista
Youth is like that of the hip-hop and rap stars of the early 1980s who
influenced the way a whole generation of urban-dwelling teens dressed, spoke
and loitered. Murillo, however, drops lyrics about peace, love, fraternity and
unity.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Politics: Coming Soon... Nicaragua's One Party Political System
The ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN),
which since 2007 has eliminated virtually all democratic checks and balances by
consolidating single-party control over all four branches of government and
state institutions, will be going for a royal flush in November.
The party controlled by President Daniel Ortega and his
omnipresent wife has stated that it expects to win “by an avalanche” in
essentially every municipality. That prophecy, which will most likely come
true, will be a deathblow to municipal autonomy (or what remains of it) and
fulfill the president’s publically professed dream of converting Nicaragua into
a one-party system.
The opposition fully expects the elections to be farce. The
PLI says it’s participating in the process to document the fraud and to convert
the spectacle into a “platform for rebellion.”
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