Nicaragua’s success pains imperialism

The situation in Nicaragua has not been good. President Daniel Ortega has not been very democratic. He has run things much as a dictator. However, the US has tried real hard to over throw him and replace him with a right-wing leader. They are also trying to route out all traces of the Sandinistas. From The Grayzone:

-SJ Otto

The plot is administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a regime-change vehicle that uses the pretense of “humanitarian aid” to advance Washington’s aggressive foreign-policy interests.

The document (PDF) details the creation of a new “task order” called Responsive Assistance in Nicaragua (RAIN) and its plan for “Nicaragua’s transition to democracy” – a euphemism for removing the leftist Sandinista Front for National Liberation (known commonly by the Spanish acronym FSLN) from power.

In the pages, the US government agency uses hardline neoconservative rhetoric, referring to Nicaragua’s elected government as the “Ortega regime,” and making it clear that Washington wants to install a neoliberal administration that will privatize the economy, impose neoliberal reforms, and purge all institutions of any trace of the leftist Sandinista movement.

The USAID regime-change scheme states openly that one of its top “mission goals” is for Nicaragua to “transition to a rules-based market economy” based on the “protection of private property rights.”

The document concludes by calling for the future US-installed regime in Nicaragua to “rebuild institutions” and “reestablish” the military and police; to “dismantle parallel institutions” that support the Sandinista Front; and to persecute FSLN leaders through “transitional justice measures” – in other words, a thorough purge of the Sandinista movement to prevent it from ever returning to power.

This is all out war against any leftist form of government. It is for that reason we should support the government now in Nicaragua against all attempts by the US to destroy it. It is not so important to support Ortega, however there are progressive elements of the Sandinistas and they are worth defending. From The Cuban newspaper Granma:   

-SJ Otto

Cuban First Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa, participated July 19 in the national commemoration of the Sandinista Revolution’s 40th anniversary, in Managua, Nicaragua, stating that the triumph of the Sandinistas represents a victory against foreign intervention in the nation, and reaffirming the willingness of our peoples to struggle and resist imperialism.

Gathered in the Plaza La Fe, more than 500 international guests accompanied thousands of Nicaraguans during the celebration, where the vice president of this sister nation, Rosario Murillo, insisted "The brave and honorable people of our Nicaragua, always blessed and free, never sells out or surrenders.”

"At 40 years, full of glory, youth, history, and future, the Sandinista Popular Revolution marches on successfully and proudly," she said.

“Nicaragua pains them, love pains them, we sing, on the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, that changed Latin American history,” wrote Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Twitter, while congratulating Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Vice President Rosario Murillo, the Sandinista National Liberation Front, and this sister people.

Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, recalled the words of Comandante en Jefe Fidel Castro, who said, “The Sandinista victory is not only a victory over 45 years of Somoza; it is a victory over 150 years of foreign domination.”

July 19, First Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa participated in the national commemoration of the Sandinista Revolution’s 40th anniversary, in Managua