[Peace-discuss] Chomsky on Nicaragua…

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Chomsky has been well-informed on Nicaragua for a long time. I wouldn’t disregard his views.

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> On Aug 4, 2018, at 4:07 PM, Brussel, Morton K via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> "Although Chomsky echoes the talking points of the USAID administrator Mark Green about “Ortega’s brutal regime,” he can’t quite bring himself to accept responsibility for regime change. Chomsky despairs, “it’s hard to see a simple way out at this point. It’s a very unfortunate situation.”
> Chomsky is concerned about corruption, repression, and autocracy in Nicaragua, urging the democratically elected president to step down and run for re-election. Need it be mentioned that Chomsky chastised leftists who did not “absolutely” support Hillary Clinton? It is from this moral ground that the professor looks down on Nicaragua.
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> These charges of corruption and such are addressedby long-time solidarity activist Chuck Kaufman:
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> + The World Bank, IMF, and EU countries have certified Nicaragua for its effective use of international loans and grants; funds were spent for the purposes they were given, not siphoned off into corruption.
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> + Kaufman asks, “why a police force that in 39 years had not repressed the Nicaraguan people would suddenly go berserk,” while videos clearly show the violence of the more militant opposition.
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> + Ortega won in 2006 with a 38% plurality, in 2011 with 63%, and 72.5% in 2016. The Organization of American States officially accompanied and certified the vote. Kaufman notes, “Dictators don’t win fair elections by growing margins.”
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> From  https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/03/chomsky-on-regime-change-in-nicaragua/
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> —mkb
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