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To: Oorang

Thanks for posting the entire article.
Mega kudos to the owners of the trucking school for their diligence.


562 posted on 01/10/2007 7:17:11 AM PST by Velveeta
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/newsroom/sns-ap-nicaragua-ortegas-return,1,4669637.story?coll=chi-newsroom-hed

Ortega Returns to Power in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Former revolutionary Daniel Ortega takes office Wednesday in a ceremony attended by more than a dozen world leaders, many Latin American leftists celebrating their latest ally in the region.

Ortega has promised a delicate balance between taking a moderate economic and social stance while cultivating close relationships with U.S. opponents such as Venezuelan Hugo Chavez and the communist Cuban government. Ortega was once one of the most bitter foes of Washington, which secretly backed a rebel insurgency aimed at toppling him.

Chavez, who has called President Bush the "devil," is using his inaugural visit to play up his support of Nicaragua, promising the impoverished nation 32 desperately needed electricity plants, low-interest loans to the poor from a branch of his state development bank and help in improving the country's health and education systems.

Another guest attending will be Bolivian President Evo Morales, a close ally of Chavez and ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Morales has expressed doubts about the U.S. drug war efforts in the Andean region and recently announced that U.S. citizens would need visas to visit Bolivia. The U.S. is wary of Morales' ties to Chavez and Castro.(snip)


563 posted on 01/10/2007 7:41:58 AM PST by Velveeta
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