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Nicaragua's Ortega poised for re-election win
Yahoo/Reuters ^
| 6 November 2011
| Miguel Angel Gutierrez and Ivan Castro
Posted on 11/06/2011 4:58:46 PM PST by GenePA_762
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, looks likely to win re-election on Sunday after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country's poor.
Ortega has overseen a period of economic progress in his five years in power, backed by financial aid from his socialist ally in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: castro; chavez; coldwar2; communism; cuba; hugochavez; nicaragua; ortega; russia; sandinistas; venezuela
Building Chavismo one election at a time.
To: GenePA_762
They will deserve the crash they will get.
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posted on
11/06/2011 5:05:01 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: GenePA_762
Back in the day, the US would fix such an election in Central America.
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posted on
11/06/2011 5:16:58 PM PST
by
trumandogz
(In Rick Perry's Nanny State, the state will drive your kids to the dentist at tax payer expense)
To: trumandogz
What do you think Jimmy Carter and friends are doing?
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posted on
11/06/2011 5:45:16 PM PST
by
donna
(Americans now owe more on student loans than on credit cards.)
To: GenePA_762
Like Shaw said, the people who rob Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
To: GenePA_762
...looks likely to win re-election on Sunday after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country's poor.Gee, I wonder if Obama will try the same strategy.
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posted on
11/06/2011 7:13:30 PM PST
by
southernnorthcarolina
("Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." -- Aesop)
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