[Peace-discuss] Chomsky on Nicaragua…

[David Johnson]

I DEFINITELY disagree with Chomsky on this issue !

He is not in Nicaragua and is basing his opinion on what he has read in the international corporate press and the pseudo Left pro-interventionists blogs.

 

You need to read Max Blumenthal and Kevin Zeese’s reports about Nicaragua.

 

This is the same old same old campaign to destabilize any and all governments elected by the people who oppose neo-liberalism. Just like in Venezuela and in Bolivia. This time the only differences is that it is a little more sophisticated in it’s methods.

 

Even if Ortega is “ corrupt “ that is for the Nicaraguan people to take care of , NOT the U.S. and it’s minions.

Ortega was elected in a democratic election. FAR more democratic than here in the u.S. and there is NO reason for him to resign. That is exactly what the u.S. and the ruling class elites in Nicaragua want.

 

Chomsky is not God and he has been wrong before on certain issues ( even though I garee with him 98 % of the time ) and he is definitely uninformed / misinformed and hence wrong on this issue.

He should know better.

 

David J.

 

 

 

From: Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss
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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:

"Although Chomsky echoes the talking points of the USAID administrator Mark Green about “Ortega’s brutal regime <https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/jul-20-2018-usaid-administrator-mark-green-remarks-meeting-diaspora-groups> ,” he can’t quite bring himself to accept responsibility for regime change. Chomsky despairs <https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/chomsky_criticizes_autocratic_nicaraguan_government_urges> , “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 <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/noam-chomsky-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-a7438526.html>  who did not “absolutely <https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/noam-chomsky-supports-hillary-clinton-218192> ” support Hillary Clinton? It is from this moral ground that the professor looks down on Nicaragua.

These charges of corruption and such are addressed <https://afgj.org/the-case-against-daniel-ortega> by long-time solidarity activist Chuck Kaufman:

+ 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.

+ 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.

+ 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.”

 

>From  https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/08/03/chomsky-on-regime-change-in-nicaragua/

 

—mkb

 

 

 

 

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