Nicaraguan Elections Breed Anger and Distrust

Having just been effected by a new upheaval and the removal of a widely disliked rule, Nicaragua is now again creating a new upheaval. A country with merely 20 years of democracy under its belt, Nicaraguans are learning that dishonesty and greed can break into democratic nations in addition to tyrannies, and they are starting to speak openly concerning it.

After helping overthrow the Sandinistas in free elections in 1991, the U.S. was on sound terms with the latest government, and several nations were pouring aid into the fairly unfortunate country to retain its democracy. Now that strains are starting to increase and the outlook of democracy looks to be in jeopardy, several of those same nations have commenced cutting back or abolishing all aid to the country, driving it further into poverty. The Nicaraguan government has started being aggressive towards the U.S. government, and U.S. industries are beginning to be unwilling to invest in any new business in the region.

The fragmentation of the country began in November 2008 after local elections were finished and leader started speaking about irregularities in the system. Soon after that, the Supreme Court of Nicaragua ruled that its former leader, Daniel Ortega, wildly unpopular with the Nicaraguan people, was able to run for re-election in the upcoming 2011 race. Rapidly the people started to be suspicious of the entire governmental organization, and have now begun staging protests and raising rhetoric to new pinnacles.

Allegations of removing democratic freedoms are being hurled at the existing government, as are insinuations that they are attempting to impede media access and regulate the news going out of the country. Altogether this, shared with the rapidly increasing poverty level of its citizens, has made several to believe that fighting will happen in the country preceding the 2011 elections. Opposition groups and human rights organizations have become progressively more voiced about their disapproval with the state of the government in Nicaragua.

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