Democracia

Yet again the US is being accused of tampering in the elections being held in El Salvador, accusing the Salvadorans of such high crimes as having friendly relations with Venezuela as well as an alleged connection with the FARC in Columbia. This is something to watch over the next few months.

If you can understand Spanish, or just want to watch some very good footage of the developments in Nicaragua, these two links are very helpful.

Sergio Ramierz is the former VP of Nicaragua under the first FSLN administration during the revlutionary years. He has since broken with his former party accusing President Daniel Ortega, 1979-1990 and again since 2006, of abandoning the revoltution.

http://www.elboomeran.com/blog/7/sergio-ramirez/

This is a weekly news webcast that has excellent footage of the situation on the ground today, worth a look even without Spanish skills.

http://www.estasemana.tv/


Still trying to figure out where the US is on this one; they certainly have not been a fan of Ortega in the past, but he has become somewhat tollerable it seems in his current presidency. One might be inclinced to think that the US wants the FSLN out, and State Department meetings with the man accusing the FSLN of voter fraud, Eduardo Montealegre furthers the suspicion that they are supporting the opposition. This combined with an incease in Iranian business in Nicaragua strenthens the idea that the US wants Ortega's party to lose stature.

It is with great hope that the US begins to act in a responsible manner and allow the Nicarguans to control their own fate; they have proven more than capable in the past...