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Daniel Ortega is one of Latin America’s great political survivors.
The leftist guerrilla leader toppled a right-wing US-backed regime in 1979, returning as president in 2007 after a previous term. A crackdown followed demonstrations five years ago. Ortega has since moved closer to China and Russia. So what is next for Nicaragua?
Presenter:
Folly Bah Thibault
Guests:
Ben Norton - investigative journalist and editor-in-chief of Geopolitical Economy Report.
Astrid Montealegre - supervising attorney for the Nicaraguan American Human Rights Alliance in Los Angeles.
Dan Kovalik - a human rights lawyer and author of 'Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention and Resistance'.
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