Nicaragua: FSLN
Influence Triggers
Changes
Managua - The presence
of a Sandinista
government in Nicaragua
has generated panic
among the international
right because of changes
triggered under its
influence in the Central
American political map,
local analyst Aldo Diaz
Lacayo said.
In remarks to the press,
the expert recalled that
Nicaragua was the first
country in joining the
Bolivarian Alternative
for the Americas (ALBA),
immediately after the
electoral win of the
Sandinista National
Liberation Front (FSLN)
in 2006.
Now we have Honduras in
ALBA, while Guatemala
and Costa Rica have
shown their interest in
the pro-integration
initiative initially
promoted by Venezuela,
Cuba and Bolivia, he
said.
"The Central American
political map has
changed in the wake of
the FSLN triumph and
this generates panic in
the North (the United
States), and that panic
triggers as a reaction a
dreadful violence by the
international right,"
noted the analyst.
In opinion of Diaz
Lacayo, a former
diplomat and current
Foreign Ministry aide,
this fear is the main
reason for the current
media campaign launched
against the Front, both
in Europe and in the
United States, including
the latest
anti-Sandinista crusade,
mainly focused on
non-government
organizations, freedom
of speech and feminism.
He said that despite
media campaigns and
pressures, Nicaragua has
managed to come to the
fore again in the
international scene
under the government of
President Daniel Ortega.
An example of this was
the election of former
Foreign Minister Miguel
D' Escoto as President
of the UN General
Assembly, said Diaz
Lacayo, while
reiterating that
Nicaragua has become an
extremely important
factor in Central
America. |
