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Nicaraguan Court Lifts Term Limits - 10/30/2009 4:04:05 PM
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wing2000
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Danny Ortega takes a page from Hugo Chavez (...recall that Zelaya of Honduras tried this as well...but in his case, was rebuffed by the Congress and Courts...)
....from last week:
quote:
Nicaragua's Supreme Court lifted a constitutional barrier on Monday to President Daniel Ortega seeking re-election, opening the way to the leftist running for another term in the 2011 election. The court's constitutional arm issued a ruling blocking restrictions on a president running for another term, following a petition from Ortega and a group of mayors last week, and the country's electoral court said it would comply with the move.
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE59J11820091020?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
.....and yesterday:
The streets of Nicaragua's capital once again became an unruly mob scene Thursday as roving bands of masked Sandinista youth, party fanatics and state workers took to the streets to protest what they claim is “U.S. interventionism” in their country's internal political affairs.
A group of several hundred Sandinistas protested aggressively outside the U.S. Embassy, launching mortars at the embassy building and spray painting anti-U.S. and pro-Sandinista graffiti on embassy property. Vandals, many of whom were bussed in for the protest, broke embassy security cameras, exterior lighting and attempted to destroy the signage for U.S. Consular Services.
Nicaraguan police assigned to protect the embassy stood by watching and didn't intervene, even when protesters spray painted the embassy walls next to where they were leaning.
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They were protesting recent remarks by the US Ambassador:
"“From our point of view, the Supreme Court acted improperly and with unusual speed, in secret, with the participation judges from only one political movement and without any public debate or discussion,” Callahan said. “We think that an issue of such importance and concern for the future of Nicaragua's democracy deserves due deliberation and analysis.”
http://www.ticotimes.net/dailyarchive/2009_10/1030091.cfm
< Message edited by wing2000 -- 10/30/2009 4:10:33 PM >
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