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Monday, October 2, 2006

RUMSFELD IN NICARAGUA, A BOOST FOR THE RIGHT?

By Jeremy Schwartz | Monday, October 2, 2006, 04:23 PM

   MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Donald Rumsfeld is in town, headlining the 7th annual Defense Ministers of the Americas conference.
  It will be interesting to see whether he makes any comments about Nicaragua’s upcoming election and the possibility that Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega could return to power.
  U.S. officials like Ambassador Paul Trivelli and Congressman Dan Burton have come under fire in the Nicaraguan media for what many see as meddling in the country’s internal affairs. The United States is widely considered to be behind an effort to unite right-wing parties in Nicaragua to ensure that Ortega doesn’t win. Ortega leads the polls, but not with enough support to avoid a second-round of voting.

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