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Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega's Tactics 'Reek Of Authoritarianism', Says John Kerry

miamiherald.com | By TIM ROGERS | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: John Kerry, Ortega, Nicaragua Tensions, Daniel Ortega, Latin America, Nicaragua, John Kerry Nicaragua, World News

Pro-government demonstrators rocked the U.S. Embassy as opposition leaders complained the president is undermining Nicaragua's democracy in his effort...

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Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran-Contra, Otto Reich, Chicago, Havana, Arias, Obama, Ros-Lehtinen, South America, Ortega, China, Organization of American States, Iran, Oas, Zelaya, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Harry Potter, Panama Canal, Nicaragua, Bill Clinton, Hugo Chavez, Mara Salvatrucha, Latin America, Kremlin, Venezuela, Hugo Llorens, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Gangs, Hutchinson Whampoa, Cuba, Soto Cano, War on Drugs, Palmerola, Sandinista, Dea, Mossad, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

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Letter From Nicaragua: As Elections Approach, What'll It Be -- Lula or Hugo?

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

Read More: Obama Nicaragua, Latin America, Daniel Ortega, Latin America Policy, Central America, Nicaragua, U.S. Policy in Latin America, Sandinistas, Ortega, Bolivarian Movement, Hugo Chavez, Chavez, Arnoldo Aleman, Oxfam, Sandinismo, Aleman, World News
David Paul Appell

What the United States needs to do under the Obama administration is, first off, pay more attention and engage not just with Nicaragua but to Latin America in general.

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