nicaragua

emailed to me from kbs:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/11/nicaragua-world-ortega

Excerpts:
"The Sandinistas are closer to Don Corleone's Mafia than a political party"

"Do we think the Ortega government is perfect? No," wrote Chuck Kaufman, national co-ordinator of the US-based Nicaragua Network. "We have criticised violent excesses of Sandinista supporters during the recent electoral process. And we have cautioned that monitoring foreign funding of NGOs not be used as an excuse to persecute women's rights groups." Unlike many solidarity groups, however, Kaufman will not turn his back on the flawed Second Coming of the Sandinistas. "Do we think [it] is better than another rightwing, neoliberal government beholden to US masters? Absolutely."