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The Deepening Latin American Problem
Bizblogger ^ | 02/24/05 | Richie Rich

Posted on 02/24/2005 6:25:33 AM PST by Richie Rich

With much of the focus of the Administration geared towards solving the world’s Iranian, Syrian and North Korean problems, we have a deepening problem in our own backyard. As Robert Novak points out, Chavez is using his power to install new friendly regimes in neighboring countries.

The installation of Gen. Omar Halleslevens, a hard-line Sandinista, as chief of the Nicaraguan army, shows how strongly the Sandinistas are in control of the country. It also appears that the Sandinistas are using strong-armed parliamentary tactics to return former president Daniel Ortega to power. According to Novak,

Ortega is collaborating with the disgraced President Arnoldo Aleman, the Liberal Party stalwart convicted of massive corruption who is under house arrest and is virtually a free man. They have combined to thwart the efforts of the Bolanos government to destroy the Soviet surface-to-air missiles Nicaragua collected during Sandinista rule.

The Sandinistas, the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary party repeatedly rejected by Nicaraguan voters, are on the verge of accomplishing what U.S. officials call a "golpe technico" (technical coup), stripping President Enrique Bolanos of power. It is no isolated event restricted to a small Central American country. The Sandinistas have a rich and powerful ally in Hugo Chavez, the Marxist president of Venezuela.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: chavez; halleslevens; latinamerica; nicaragua; ortega; sandanista

1 posted on 02/24/2005 6:25:35 AM PST by Richie Rich
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To: Richie Rich

We probably should invade South America in order to instill a democratic way of life...


2 posted on 02/24/2005 6:28:33 AM PST by stuartcr
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To: Richie Rich; All
-The Fire Down South...( Latin America--)--

Castro, the Carribean, and Terrorism

3 posted on 02/24/2005 12:39:35 PM PST by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the Sunset...)
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