2006 : (NICARAGUA : NON-SANDINISTA VOTERS, DIVIDING THE VOTES BETWEEN THE CHOICE OF JOSE RIZO OR EDUARDO MONTEALEGRE, ALLOW SANDINISTA COMMUNIST DANIEL ORTEGA TO GRAB THE PRESIDENCY IN THREE-PARTY RACE WITH JUST 38% OF THE POPULAR VOTE) -——— Losing Nicaragua-The Sandinistas are slowly crushing democracy., Weekly Standard, 11/24/2009 BY Jaime Daremblum
MAY 2009 : (NICARAGUA : ONE LIBERAL-APPOINTED JUDGE DIES, GIVING COMMUNIST SANDINISTAS AN 8-7 MAJORITY IN NICARAGUA'S SUPREME COURT )
OCTOBER 19, 2009 : (NICARAGUA : [A SANDINISTA-STACKED] SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION LIMITING PRESIDENTS TO TWO TERMS, THUS ALLOWING DANIEL ORTEGA TO RUN FOR YET ANOTHER TERM IN 2011)