Daniel Ortega

Miscellanea

January 6, 2010

Cuba’s government summoned the top U.S. diplomat on the island to protest the country’s inclusion on a list of 14 countries facing additional security measures after a failed bombing of a flight to Detroit on Christmas. Madrid condemns Cuba’s decision to bar a Spain’s EU diplomat’s entrance to the island. Ex-Sandinista commander accuses Nicaraguan President Daniel [...]

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Cuban ambassador to Nicaragua ordered back

December 5, 2009

Luis Hernández Ojeda, Cuba’s ambassador to Nicaragua, was ordered back by Havana because of a “serious incident” with Nicaraguan First Lady Rosario Murillo (who is also the official spokesperson for President Daniel Ortega). According to El Nuevo Diario, Murillo mistreated Hernández with disdain, having used off-color language. This is the third incident (the other two [...]

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Russian warships on parade in Havana

December 20, 2008

Via Popular Mechanics: Despite grandiose talk, this is not a particularly threatening flotilla: The Russian nuclear-powered missile cruiser Peter the Great is joined by an antisubmarine destroyer, a fuel tanker and a tugboat that is on hand in case of breakdowns. “Militarily, the trip is virtually meaningless,” says Jan van Tol, a recently retired U.S. [...]

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Midrange Trends: Latin America

June 18, 2008

Global Power Barometer‘s prognosis for Latin America in the next 3 to 36 months: Latin America and the Rise of the Anti-American Left In 1823, US President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, naming all of the Western Hemisphere, and particularly Latin America under the United States’ sphere of influence. Nearly 200 years later, the [...]

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