Concerns About The Nicaraguan Elections

 

The international press has erroneously reported that Nicaragua is suspending elections. The accusation was made that President Daniel Ortega plans on terminating elections. No evidence was given accept from a speech given by President Ortega. The speech itself was about preventing foreign interference and a criticism of opposition groups. Latin American leftist governments are under attack. Cuba, Venezuela, Peru,  and Colombia have been subject to a United States effort to impose right-wing regimes. This is not the first time the Sandinistas and Daniel Ortega were attacked. During the 1980s, the Ronald Reagan administration funded the Contras to depose Ortega's first administration. The Sandinistas lost the 1990 elections, but made a successful return in 2006. Nicaragua is now being harassed onece more for the objective of regime change. The Cold War is over, yet there is a fixation on suppressing socialist and other leftist governments. The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional made it their goal to expand public education, healthcare, and programs for development. Building roads and hospitals demonstrate that the government wants to see national improvement. This explains why the FSLN remains popular. Political opposition parties are not offering or do not care to have platforms that benefit the public. The reason why certain opposition groups seek foreign help. The 2018 coup attempt was are realization the Trump administration was following a similar policy of the last years of the Cold War. The real concerns about Nicaragua's elections is no a speech from a head of state. Nicaragua's elections are going to be subject to foreign interference, possible espionage, and violence. If the FSLN cannot be voted out of office, the US could induce a coup. Nicaragua is now another target in the campaign to undermine South American independence and sovereignty.