That darling of campus lefties in the 1980s, Daniel Ortega, is poised to return to power in Nicaragua. To younger readers, no, Mr. Ortega is not the purveyor of fine mass-produced Mexican food products in your local grocery store, but a retro communist once beloved by the Latin American Solidarity Committee chapters on our college campuses (LASC, or, as I called them back then, Losers, Anarchists, Socialists, and Communists).
I was oh so proud when my community sent a garbage truck to Nicaragua to show solidarity with ... what, I have no idea. But I digress.
Says the article:
As president in the 1980s, Ortega headed a socialist government that was undermined by U.S.-backed right-wing guerrillas. He lost power in elections in 1990 and fell short in two subsequent races.
And originally became presidente in a revolution, proceeding then to create a large (for the region) war machine, and turning Nicaragua into a boy toy for Castro's Cuba and a happy lodgement for Soviet weaponry. "Socialist" is an understatement of what Danny Boy was trying to create. Misled by polling that showed him winning, Ortega made the mistake of allowing a vote that actually went against him when the votes were counted.
One can only assume that Ortega won't make the mistake of standing for another election as he did in 1990 if he wins this one.
And then the Axis of El Vil will be a proper threesome with Castro (either of them), Hugo, and Danny.
Happy, happy, joy, joy ...
