This was totally foreseeable, unfortunately. Anyone who would discard democracy in the past can NOT be trusted within its structures to take power. This is a lesson for all of our democracy's about its fragility and our responsibility to pick effective, respectable, decent human beings.
“...As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man There are only four things certain since Social Progress began. That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire, And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire...” -from Rudyard Kipling’s “The Gods of the Copybook Headings”
Agreed, yet any fascist with concomitant immature paranoia this kind of situation is perfect to destabilize any type of democracy. Brutal kleptocracies are toppled by the selective use of well "planned" accidents and dirty tricks.
@@louiss.7765 TRUMP visit a north korea dictador and he bow respect to him and nobody said anything but when theres a dictator on latin america they wanna put him on jail
@@angellosmalefakis1321 Lots of University Students were killed for protesting against Ortega. So, people have fought back but Ortega and his family own EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE & JUDICIAL Branches. So what else is left to do when the National Police- and Nicaraguan Army protrects him?. Hoe many more lives besides the over 500 students who were assassinated. Don't say a word when you have no fking idea!. Shame on you!.
Thank you for reporting of what is happening on Nicaragua. There are many political prisoners. Also report on Ortega persecution of the Catholic Church. Expulsion of the Nuntio and Missionaries of Charity.
Ortega was elected in a free and fair election, way better than usa long history of coups in the region, this is Imperialist propaganda hit piece, long live the Sandinista revolution, down with evil empire usa destruction in Latin America
They build hospitals, roads and give title/deeds to women in Nicaragua. Hence the propaganda against what is one of the most progressive administrations in the world. Learn about how many times US Marines have been deployed there in the past century to maintain corrupt elites and suppress popular movements. Don’t swallow this propaganda the FSLN are pro humanity and friends of all working people throughout the world.
The tragedy of many Latin American countries: an ultra right wing dictator is killed or has to flee abroad and gets replaced by an ultra left wing dictator, or vice versa. As if moderate politicians doesn't conform with their machissismo-"philosophy". Somoza and his clique were as brutal as Batista or Trujillo, on the other side of the political spectrum, Ortega sees himself as the Castro of Nicaragua. Too bad for all that turmoil in that region, because it has such a beautiful nature.
@혁명 만세 After which the dictators said thank you very much, started tough selections for a nomenclatura, for praetorian guards in one shape or another, did some nepotism here and there, wiped out whatever political resistance, either from the previous elite or from the dearly beloved "populus", and in some cases - think North Korea - did the same thing as the Capets did in France, until a Revolution put a stop to that. Well, if you're happy to live in such a worker's paradise, fine with me. I prefer staying under the terrible oppressive multinationals and greedy Eurocrats. If I ever should decide to vote ultra left or ultra right, I can do so without anyone throwing me into some kind of Lubianka. If I would announce I'm a pro Republic and against the king, that won't lead to prison or to public flagelation.
Thank you for covering Nicaragua.Excellent and accurate reporting.Please keep denouncing the Ortega dictatorship.We Nicaraguans need all voices to publicly expose Ortega’s abuses to the American public and the world…Thank you 60 minutes 🙏
By the way guys, there's an American professor named Danny Shaw who teaches in some University in NY and he Loves Ortega and keeps on going on social media praising the rapist Dictator, please let him have a pice of your mind, I'm Nicoya too, I know too well whats happens there. we shall be free soon, keep the faith!!!
While traveling through Nicaragua in 1976, I could not get out of there fast enough. Samosa was in charge, and jeeps patrolled the capital with machine guns. Now they have Ortega to deal with. Another POS dictator, who will not leave. So sad for the people.
I lived there 89-92, during the chamorro years. Things were sort of looking up, but it quickly went south again. Too bad, Nicaraguans deserve better conditions!
I hope you guys realize that Ortega was the reason why there was some faith in Nicaragua after Aleman and Bolaños Aleman mainly left the country to rot, but once he got presidency again (Ortega) was able to bring back life in the country( with help of others of course) The country was going well up until 2018 which was both the people and Ortega’s fault. No one is the victim here, I can say that Nicaraguans in this case were the ones who destroyed their country ( aesthetically and economically) It was bad, I don’t know what they were thinking bc let me tell you that there wasn’t a bit of dictatorship at all You will probably will mention the university kids getting killed which was Rosario who made that order but I will still say Ortega has part blame bc he is the president. But after that, everything or mostly everything that happened afterwards was totally on the Nicaraguans themselves Bringing things down, burning them. Not a good move in my book, eventually they sent out antimotines to stop it from progressing very badly Unless you lived here, and even then you will still find millions of lies, and millions of fake news, don’t believe anything but I mean anything form any news article that went around or this will go around Ortega made mistakes, but I don’t know why or even have an idea of the comparison with Somosa. It’s ridiculous, far fetched and not even close
@@derekrivas1394 WRONG!!! Ortega only enriched himself and his family, one of the most corrupted individuals that had ever ruled Nicaragua, please do some research before you write nonsense. Nicaraguans are proud people and don't need rapist dictators like Ortega to have faith, I'll give you some homework to do. research who is killing and taking lands from the Miskitos in the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, let me know what you find...
@@tl9827 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 we cry our youth dont want to fight they dont want to die like many in the 80s now they are inmigrats in the USA and other countries.
Americans need to realize, it could happen here, too! The price of gas is not worth losing our Democracy over. Inflation will eventually improve, it always does.
@@Alex-cb2gf it will change once every judge, lawmaker, civilian, and foreign interest group is held accountable for breaking incredibly serious federal laws. Using economic sanctions against the public with the intent to intimidate, or coerce the civilian population and influence poly of government is defined as domestic terrorism. If no accountability is had, the rule of law does NOT exist. At which point our lower levels of checks and balances should remove, by force, every person involved with the rogue government. If the lower levels fail to act, then taking up arms by the majority against the minority is the last and final mechanism to save American Democracy.
Thank you for reporting this horrible horrible situation may God have mercy and intervene and take out the evil ones but I wonder if nobody voted. How could he say he was elected if nobody voted when they hold the sham election
@@hugofernandez1544si pero que empiecen en nicaragua ya que por lo menos en USA hay democracia y su gente tiene el derecho de opinar contra el gobierno algo que los nicaragüenses no conocen. 🐸
IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE JUAN SEBASTIAN CHAMORRO AND 221 MORE WERE KICKED OUT OF NICARAGUA, CAN 60 MINUTES FOLLOW WITH THIS NEWS? SINCE THEN ORTEGA HAS OUTED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CATHOLIC PRIESTS, AND PEOPLE IN NICARAGUA ARE FACING CONFISCATION IF THEY HAVE DUAL CITIZENSHIP. IT IS VERY SAD WATCHING NICARAGUA BECOME ANOTHER NORTH KOREA.
Hi Bladimir, I made a comment in support of your people. I referred to Ortega as a 'monster' (that is what he appears to be from this report). I had a reply stating that he has cleaned up all the gangs, opened hospitals and is helping the poor, the writer had a bit of a go at me. I replied politely, because I m not certain of what the facts really are. Please take a look. (I wrote the comment 6 days ago, today being Wednesday 20 July) Could you please clarify what is the truth? I know the media can dramatise and colour a story to fit their own narrative. It seems to me that he is running the country like a dictatorship and the majority of the nation are terrified of his administration. I am Australian, down here we do not hear a lot about what is happening in your nation. I only wish you and your people safety, happiness and success. I am a little confused on what is truthfully happening. Best wishes and take care. Cheers, Anton
@@sydyidanton5873 Hi asyd, when someone replies with those "achievements" you tell them that HES DOING WHAT EVERY PRESIDENT IS OBLIGED TO DO, WE SHOULD NOT BE THANKFUL. HE IS A MURDERER DICTATOR. PRESS IS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT SANCTIONS AND CANDIDATES ARE IN PRISON BECAUSE OF HIM.
@@sydyidanton5873 it is incredible the people that defend him. They are ignorants who are thankful because he "helps the poor". aif that were tru dont you think we would not be the 3 poorest country in America?
@@pepitoculazo665 Hi Pepito, It must be so unsettling to live in Nicaragua under that type of leadership. It seems bizarre to me he was ever voted in the initial legal elections. While he lives in his life of luxury, paranoia and delusion - the good people of your nation suffer, can not know whom to trust and have diminishing hope for what the future will bring. I sincerely feel for you guys, that is not a fair way to live. Your country has been through enough. It will cease to amaze and sadden me how much deceit and hate there is in this world. No leader can ever please everyone, but to be a dictator like he is, why would you want to be so despised, then to satisfy the increasing paranoia fill your government with family members, not knowing who else to trust because so many would like to see you either ousted at best, or assassinated at worst! It hardly seems worth the effort. It just shows how short-sighted he is, along with being mentally unstable. It is a real shame the police and military carrying his dirty deeds, maybe one day there will be an uprising and that will be the end of him? Having said that, it seems often when a revolution takes place, the revolutionary leader promising to liberate the people from tyranny, end up by being an even greater tyrant than the one just deposed! I hope you and your people will know freedom from this oppression soon, with a decent and fair leader, legally and legitimately elected then taking you all from strength to strength. Take care my friend. Stay safe and I hope things improve soon. I wish you the best Pepito. Thanks for replying to my message also. Cheers, Anton In case you are interested; the person I referred to who commented defending Ortega has never responded to my questions, I thought were reasonable. I asked him nicely, not in a rude or challenging way, even so I did not hear back. So a couple of days ago, I wrote what follows. Hopefully he will read it, but again - I doubt I will hear anything back. Here's what I wrote ... Hi 'No89lan', I replied to your comment with a genuine reply, respectfully asking for more context. As you have not responded I can only assume either you are a 'troll' who roams about making wild inflammatory remarks, or you can not answer the questions I asked in a sincere and respectful manner. I can then only assume your comments are irrelevant and I will continue with my impressions that Ortega IS the MONSTER he is portrayed to be in the featured documentary. If he was not as you claim, he would have no issues with running a fair, legal democratic election. As he is obviously an Autocratic dictator, it is clear why people live under fear of his brutal homicidal regime. It is deeply disturbing the way he has placed his unqualified, but obviously loyal, family members into positions of office. I truly empathise with the good and decent people of Nicaragua, NOT the gangs or criminals, and hope he is overthrown somehow and replaced with a fair and legally elected leader, who will administer the nation with the best interests of their nationals at heart. While also bringing to justice the heavy handed murderers and torturers that have terrorised decent people (not the criminals and gangs etc) I wish you only peace and happiness. Cheers
I had no idea the country was so far off. This is upsetting to human rights. I hope Ortega and his family and allies are strung from the rafters in courts forget about the sanctions. There needs to be real justice here. It’s up setting that the people just don’t all stop and see what happens when nothing happens. But of course that’ll never happen. I bet if they had oil it’ll be different. Sucks!
No we should respect Nicaragua instead of being the Russians of the Americas, that's how we in Mexico view the USA, the USA is a threat and that's why we chose these people, people who can stand up to the USA.
My uncle works for him in Nicaragua, hates him, and won’t even admit it to our family because he’s so scared to talk against this man, I only know because my mom tells me. Truly is sad, my parents don’t even speak bad about him when they go on vacation there because of his hold on the country
@@luisfigueroa4063 why would you ask me that? It’s like Ortega has people scoutings these videos, which should tell you the state of which Nicaragua is in, just know if I ever get the chance to start a militia and overthrow him, I will
No we don't we got rid of one of them already the thing about the US is if our politicians tried to control us to much we would take them out we're not China's people we would uprise against someone like that and take our country back..
@@joywalker4918 everyday our rights are violated Laws aren't changed for the better But for the worse There are people, many people, who want Donald to have ultimate power
@@diaz-kasper So you're suggesting that the U.S invade Nicaragua and rage war on the government and its citizens without ANY provocation just under the suspicion of them joining a coalition??
Wrong. Exactly what Trudeau and Australia are doing t]and they are liberals, just give it some time and Biden will do the same by building back better as he always says.
@Jason McDaniel it was Eisenhower; but you could have been asking a rhetorical question there. Hmm... also Noriega and Reagan come to mind. Yeah I don't like republican authority.
@Jason McDaniel you said cheers as your salutation, are you from the UK? About the republican issue, do you see the pattern revealing a long march type plan using the WASP electorate as a means to an end to bring the US into a theocracy?
I am Henry Jesus Cross Lopez. My family left after 5 generations of the Cross family in San Juan del Sur and Managua. After 5 generations of the Lopez family in Jinotega y Matagalpa. Mestizos. Nicaragua is beautiful, may everything Sandinista DIE and for good. Thanks to the USA, I became one of the luckiest people in this planet. Abajo y al infierno el Frente...
Let's not forget that this dictator is also supported by another of Latin America's bloodiest tyrants: Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela. Same playbook, word for word.
Fact: Nicaragua has the lowest crime rate compared to north, central and south America,borders are tight with no drug trafficking from Colombia and no gangs. No mass shootings or school shootings etc.
The root of Ortega's madness is very simple: it can be traced to the moment he found out he had lost the Feb 1990 elections -- he reasons that if it weren't for all the facets of the US's intervention and meddling in Nicaraguan affairs leading up to those elections, notably propping up UNO and guaranteeing Nicaraguans US assistance if UNO wins, he would've emerged victorious. He's correct about this much and I would be very bitter about it, too. Since then he vowed to do everything he'd find necessary to hold on to power when he returns to it.
Lord God almighty, you have all authority please send your mercy down upon all being affected by those of corruption in power there here and abroad, may your your judgment be quick and like a thief in the night… in your Holy Name I praise and give thanks amen 🙏…
Not really my brother. The Catholic Church has lost a lot of credibility in Nicaragua. People in Nicaragua are very wise and can see right through their cynical ploys. Nicaragua is being run very well by Ortega. Which is why he received 75% of the vote. The only people who are angry are a minority of zealots.
“Is it a totalitarian country? No, it is not a totalitarian country. Are there civil liberties. Yeah, there are civil liberties. Is it a perfectly free country? No, it most certainly is not. Is it freer than of the most of the countries in Central America? Yeah, it is." - Bernie Sanders, on Daniel Ortega and Nicaragua during Ortega's first dictatorship.
So much grief in Nicaragua. Under Somoza's dictatorship, the people's poverty was grinding and yet his family had millions of dollars. Among other things, the family embezzled earthquake relief funds after the Quake of 72. The Sandinistas started out as really making change and helping people to aspire to education, enough food and some semblance of self-governance, but the Reagan administration moved fast to try to quash it because of the word "communism". The brutality that the US supported back in the 80's was horrific - babies bayoneted, atrocities left and right. Ortega tried negotiating with the US but his ambassador waited five DAYS in DC and was told that the people he was supposed to meet were playing golf. That kind of disrespect. I don't condone what Ortega is doing now, far from it, but the seeds of this violence were sown long ago and Ortega is not the only source of it. When are we going to learn that impoverished nations breed grief, sorrow, instability and problems for the whole region? We are complaining and complaining about "problems on our border", but we often forget the history that created those problems. Ortega needs to give up power, but this change needs to come from within Nicaragua and we have to respect the people's decision.
You’re so incredibly confused. Make America Great Again has nothing to do with controlling us. That’s what the BLUE side wants. Cars with surveillance, less money & more government dependency, mandated injections. 🤦🏽♀️
The majority of Nicaraguans back the Sandinista Govt. The people interviewed here were coup plotters in 2018. This is what they mean by "democracy". It's. Cynical ploy. Don't let U.S. media lie to you. This is all made for U.S. consumption. In Nicaragua the people actually support the police. The people they are afraid of are these so called democrats they are interviewing here. they got arrested because they kept on instigating, calling for violence.
Sad is very SAD…. Some one should do something..? Hello… what’s going on… in this small Country….. I was there many years Ago. Nicaragua….. some Revolution is needed To get rid of this… SANDINISTA. One day he is Going…. No doubt about it.
He is a dictator who wants to stay in power not matter what, and the whole population of Nicaragua is suffering like never before. No freedom of speech, no freedom of movement and the people are feeling exhausted and hopeless 😞
The u.s is also a dictatorship imperialist government but they are in a world wide level, they have thousands of military base around the world to keep the white supremacy in power
Interesting. Reading the comments below. My observation is that an aging dictator will cause significant changes upon his death. There will be a big fight for succession. The voters of the past created Ortega just like the German voters created Hitler. Ortega has a way to go to be like Hitler, Stalin, Franko, Mussolini, Peron and many more. Democracy weak point is that it enables dictators?
@@ernestkhalimov1007 well I'm not conservative and I actually would love if one day the whole planet surpasses capiralism which I despise for it being a system of oppression and slavery. Having said that I do believe Ortega is NOT a socialist but a simple tyrant murdering his own people and reigning with terror, he even put under arrest his adversaries because he knew he would lose the election, a coward fraufulent butcher, EVEN his past comrades are against him and the people fear him he is a complete failure of a leader who lives like a king while the people starve.
I didn't know about this story last year. In my humble opinion the best way to deal with bad leaders is to first understand their Achilles Heal. Go after that. Money? Freeze their accounts. My late mother used to tell me that some people worship the almighty dollar. As an adult I now understand what she meant. And not just Americans who love money.
Nicaragua is poor because the USA has banned any business from happening in Nicaragua the USA media likes to ignore the role that the USA has in our poverty
Nicaragua is poor because your government robs you of any money that should be going help your people. Stop blaming other countries for your corrupt government.
Conditions being as desperate as what's being portrayed, it's interesting that there are not scores of illegal immigrants coming from Nicaragua, like it's neighbors Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador...I wonder what's the reason for that?
Ortega was elected in a free and fair election, way better than usa long history of coups in the region, this is Imperialist propaganda hit piece, long live the Sandinista revolution, down with evil empire usa destruction in Latin America
This was totally foreseeable, unfortunately. Anyone who would discard democracy in the past can NOT be trusted within its structures to take power. This is a lesson for all of our democracy's about its fragility and our responsibility to pick effective, respectable, decent human beings.
“...As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire...”
-from Rudyard Kipling’s “The Gods of the Copybook Headings”
Yes just like Putin - left or right - not ok ….
Trump was a dictator wanna be, watch how ya vote🛑,
You mean like usa overthrowing multiple democratic governments in Latin America and around the world?
Agreed, yet any fascist with concomitant immature paranoia this kind of situation is perfect to destabilize any type of democracy. Brutal kleptocracies are toppled by the selective use of well "planned" accidents and dirty tricks.
Funny how some people keep saying Ortega is a legitimate President, when he ran for election with no one to challenge him 😂😂😂😂
I know. It's insane. And people defend him yet probably because they don't want the same treatment he gave to his political opponents.
Same people who defend Maduro and Putin and such.
It is called keeping corruption at bay!!!
@@virgilioblanco5374 Right, keeping corruption at bay with even more corruption. I completely understand.
They got paid
finally the american media is talking about nicaragua!!!! 🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮
When are Nicaraguan's going to stand up and fight versus run, run, run, run like horse to America???
Nah, leave U.S. out of it.
Ignorants should first learn what the American continents are, all this time in school and they didn't learn anything, what a shame.
@@louiss.7765 TRUMP visit a north korea dictador and he bow respect to him and nobody said anything but when theres a dictator on latin america they wanna put him on jail
@@angellosmalefakis1321 Lots of University Students were killed for protesting against Ortega.
So, people have fought back but Ortega and his family own EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE & JUDICIAL Branches. So what else is left to do when the National Police- and Nicaraguan Army protrects him?. Hoe many more lives besides the over 500 students who were assassinated.
Don't say a word when you have no fking idea!. Shame on you!.
Thank you for reporting of what is happening on Nicaragua. There are many political prisoners. Also report on Ortega persecution of the Catholic Church. Expulsion of the Nuntio and Missionaries of Charity.
Good. The Catholic Church has a history of destabilizing countries.
The church works with the US to oppress Latin America, these are documented facts. Same in NICA!
Shameful. One of the few countries going backwards in this century which has the potential and necessity to be moving forward.
Ortega was elected in a free and fair election, way better than usa long history of coups in the region, this is Imperialist propaganda hit piece, long live the Sandinista revolution, down with evil empire usa destruction in Latin America
They build hospitals, roads and give title/deeds to women in Nicaragua. Hence the propaganda against what is one of the most progressive administrations in the world. Learn about how many times US Marines have been deployed there in the past century to maintain corrupt elites and suppress popular movements. Don’t swallow this propaganda the FSLN are pro humanity and friends of all working people throughout the world.
Besides America, you mean.
@@kamuelalee You took the words out of my mouth.
Add the USA to the list!
The tragedy of many Latin American countries: an ultra right wing dictator is killed or has to flee abroad and gets replaced by an ultra left wing dictator, or vice versa. As if moderate politicians doesn't conform with their machissismo-"philosophy". Somoza and his clique were as brutal as Batista or Trujillo, on the other side of the political spectrum, Ortega sees himself as the Castro of Nicaragua. Too bad for all that turmoil in that region, because it has such a beautiful nature.
thank you you are 1000000000% correct
@혁명 만세 After which the dictators said thank you very much, started tough selections for a nomenclatura, for praetorian guards in one shape or another, did some nepotism here and there, wiped out whatever political resistance, either from the previous elite or from the dearly beloved "populus", and in some cases - think North Korea - did the same thing as the Capets did in France, until a Revolution put a stop to that. Well, if you're happy to live in such a worker's paradise, fine with me. I prefer staying under the terrible oppressive multinationals and greedy Eurocrats. If I ever should decide to vote ultra left or ultra right, I can do so without anyone throwing me into some kind of Lubianka. If I would announce I'm a pro Republic and against the king, that won't lead to prison or to public flagelation.
Fala para nos, quais foram os ditadores de direta ai campeao?
Pay attention Because we are dangerously close to this.
We were, very close! What’s crazy is, almost half of our country is for it.
If djt gets back in, we are doomed. That is a fact.
@@AmazingJayB51 "almost half of our country is for it"
That's the really crazy part.
They raided trumps house we are already there . Also the IRS arming agents
Ever been to Nicaragua? 😂 American propaganda
Thank you for covering Nicaragua.Excellent and accurate reporting.Please keep denouncing the Ortega dictatorship.We Nicaraguans need all voices to publicly expose Ortega’s abuses to the American public and the world…Thank you 60 minutes 🙏
Nicoya aqui tambien 🇳🇮
By the way guys, there's an American professor named Danny Shaw who teaches in some University in NY and he Loves Ortega and keeps on going on social media praising the rapist Dictator, please let him have a pice of your mind, I'm Nicoya too, I know too well whats happens there. we shall be free soon, keep the faith!!!
The CIA appreciates it it to
While traveling through Nicaragua in 1976, I could not get out of there fast enough. Samosa was in charge, and jeeps patrolled the capital with machine guns.
Now they have Ortega to deal with. Another POS dictator, who will not leave. So sad for the people.
I lived there 89-92, during the chamorro years. Things were sort of looking up, but it quickly went south again. Too bad, Nicaraguans deserve better conditions!
I hope you guys realize that Ortega was the reason why there was some faith in Nicaragua after Aleman and Bolaños
Aleman mainly left the country to rot, but once he got presidency again (Ortega) was able to bring back life in the country( with help of others of course)
The country was going well up until 2018 which was both the people and Ortega’s fault.
No one is the victim here, I can say that Nicaraguans in this case were the ones who destroyed their country ( aesthetically and economically)
It was bad, I don’t know what they were thinking bc let me tell you that there wasn’t a bit of dictatorship at all
You will probably will mention the university kids getting killed which was Rosario who made that order but I will still say Ortega has part blame bc he is the president. But after that, everything or mostly everything that happened afterwards was totally on the Nicaraguans themselves
Bringing things down, burning them. Not a good move in my book, eventually they sent out antimotines to stop it from progressing very badly
Unless you lived here, and even then you will still find millions of lies, and millions of fake news, don’t believe anything but I mean anything form any news article that went around or this will go around
Ortega made mistakes, but I don’t know why or even have an idea of the comparison with Somosa. It’s ridiculous, far fetched and not even close
@@derekrivas1394 WRONG!!! Ortega only enriched himself and his family, one of the most corrupted individuals that had ever ruled Nicaragua, please do some research before you write nonsense. Nicaraguans are proud people and don't need rapist dictators like Ortega to have faith, I'll give you some homework to do. research who is killing and taking lands from the Miskitos in the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, let me know what you find...
@@tl9827 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 we cry our youth dont want to fight they dont want to die like many in the 80s now they are inmigrats in the USA and other countries.
@@derekrivas1394 jajajaja your brain washed.
Americans need to realize, it could happen here, too! The price of gas is not worth losing our Democracy over. Inflation will eventually improve, it always does.
Right, and we even had worst inflation relative to other times.
It will happen here if Trump gets back in office.
@@Alex-cb2gf And it will happen here if Ron DeathSantis gets in office. Basically if any Repugnantcan gets in there.
@@Alex-cb2gf or worse, any Republican Christian Cultists at this point, DeathSantis next❌🛑
@@Alex-cb2gf it will change once every judge, lawmaker, civilian, and foreign interest group is held accountable for breaking incredibly serious federal laws.
Using economic sanctions against the public with the intent to intimidate, or coerce the civilian population and influence poly of government is defined as domestic terrorism.
If no accountability is had, the rule of law does NOT exist. At which point our lower levels of checks and balances should remove, by force, every person involved with the rogue government.
If the lower levels fail to act, then taking up arms by the majority against the minority is the last and final mechanism to save American Democracy.
Thank you for reporting this horrible horrible situation may God have mercy and intervene and take out the evil ones but I wonder if nobody voted. How could he say he was elected if nobody voted when they hold the sham election
Si que en USA hagan eso!!
Wake up...look in your own backyard..it's the same with the demoCRAPS.
@@hugofernandez1544si pero que empiecen en nicaragua ya que por lo menos en USA hay democracia y su gente tiene el derecho de opinar contra el gobierno algo que los nicaragüenses no conocen. 🐸
He is a demon. A dictator!!
Trump visit a north korea dictador a bow respect to him
Boomers……lol
IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE JUAN SEBASTIAN CHAMORRO AND 221 MORE WERE KICKED OUT OF NICARAGUA, CAN 60 MINUTES FOLLOW WITH THIS NEWS? SINCE THEN ORTEGA HAS OUTED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED CATHOLIC PRIESTS, AND PEOPLE IN NICARAGUA ARE FACING CONFISCATION IF THEY HAVE DUAL CITIZENSHIP. IT IS VERY SAD WATCHING NICARAGUA BECOME ANOTHER NORTH KOREA.
Bring down Ortega's regime once and for all. This is sickening what we are going through at the hands of this ruthless regime now.
@Bernhard Schwarz I live in Nicaragua that's why I am saying that.
Hi Bladimir,
I made a comment in support of your people. I referred to Ortega as a 'monster' (that is what he appears to be from this report).
I had a reply stating that he has cleaned up all the gangs, opened hospitals and is helping the poor, the writer had a bit of a go at me. I replied politely, because I m not certain of what the facts really are.
Please take a look. (I wrote the comment 6 days ago, today being Wednesday 20 July)
Could you please clarify what is the truth?
I know the media can dramatise and colour a story to fit their own narrative.
It seems to me that he is running the country like a dictatorship and the majority of the nation are terrified of his administration.
I am Australian, down here we do not hear a lot about what is happening in your nation.
I only wish you and your people safety, happiness and success. I am a little confused on what is truthfully happening.
Best wishes and take care. Cheers, Anton
@@sydyidanton5873 Hi asyd, when someone replies with those "achievements" you tell them that HES DOING WHAT EVERY PRESIDENT IS OBLIGED TO DO, WE SHOULD NOT BE THANKFUL. HE IS A MURDERER DICTATOR. PRESS IS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT SANCTIONS AND CANDIDATES ARE IN PRISON BECAUSE OF HIM.
@@sydyidanton5873 it is incredible the people that defend him. They are ignorants who are thankful because he "helps the poor". aif that were tru dont you think we would not be the 3 poorest country in America?
@@pepitoculazo665 Hi Pepito,
It must be so unsettling to live in Nicaragua under that type of leadership. It seems bizarre to me he was ever voted in the initial legal elections.
While he lives in his life of luxury, paranoia and delusion - the good people of your nation suffer, can not know whom to trust and have diminishing hope for what the future will bring.
I sincerely feel for you guys, that is not a fair way to live. Your country has been through enough.
It will cease to amaze and sadden me how much deceit and hate there is in this world.
No leader can ever please everyone, but to be a dictator like he is, why would you want to be so despised, then to satisfy the increasing paranoia fill your government with family members, not knowing who else to trust because so many would like to see you either ousted at best, or assassinated at worst! It hardly seems worth the effort.
It just shows how short-sighted he is, along with being mentally unstable.
It is a real shame the police and military carrying his dirty deeds, maybe one day there will be an uprising and that will be the end of him?
Having said that, it seems often when a revolution takes place, the revolutionary leader promising to liberate the people from tyranny, end up by being an even greater tyrant than the one just deposed!
I hope you and your people will know freedom from this oppression soon, with a decent and fair leader, legally and legitimately elected then taking you all from strength to strength.
Take care my friend. Stay safe and I hope things improve soon.
I wish you the best Pepito. Thanks for replying to my message also.
Cheers, Anton
In case you are interested;
the person I referred to who commented defending Ortega has never responded to my questions, I thought were reasonable.
I asked him nicely, not in a rude or challenging way, even so I did not hear back. So a couple of days ago, I wrote what follows. Hopefully he will read it, but again - I doubt I will hear anything back.
Here's what I wrote ...
Hi 'No89lan',
I replied to your comment with a genuine reply, respectfully asking for more context.
As you have not responded I can only assume either you are a 'troll' who roams about making wild inflammatory remarks, or you can not answer the questions I asked in a sincere and respectful manner.
I can then only assume your comments are irrelevant and I will continue with my impressions that Ortega IS the MONSTER he is portrayed to be in the featured documentary. If he was not as you claim, he would have no issues with running a fair, legal democratic election.
As he is obviously an Autocratic dictator, it is clear why people live under fear of his brutal homicidal regime.
It is deeply disturbing the way he has placed his unqualified, but obviously loyal, family members into positions of office.
I truly empathise with the good and decent people of Nicaragua, NOT the gangs or criminals, and hope he is overthrown somehow and replaced with a fair and legally elected leader, who will administer the nation with the best interests of their nationals at heart. While also bringing to justice the heavy handed murderers and torturers that have terrorised decent people (not the criminals and gangs etc)
I wish you only peace and happiness. Cheers
The United States of America is Not to far from this kind of Government 😢
Yeah with trump
Thats what makes them hypocrites since 1776
Yes, sadly.
@@ernestkhalimov1007 smdh
He has been doing this for decades. He's a despot and always will be.
@Bernhard Schwarz He sings opera 😂
I had no idea the country was so far off. This is upsetting to human rights. I hope Ortega and his family and allies are strung from the rafters in courts forget about the sanctions. There needs to be real justice here. It’s up setting that the people just don’t all stop and see what happens when nothing happens. But of course that’ll never happen. I bet if they had oil it’ll be different. Sucks!
No we should respect Nicaragua instead of being the Russians of the Americas, that's how we in Mexico view the USA, the USA is a threat and that's why we chose these people, people who can stand up to the USA.
this piece was made to make Americans support invading Nicaragua
Mind your own business.
Yeah like wise troll
@@gustavon.1444 You nail it.
Nicaragua WMD movement.
Jail for rosario murillo and Daniel ortega..
My uncle works for him in Nicaragua, hates him, and won’t even admit it to our family because he’s so scared to talk against this man, I only know because my mom tells me. Truly is sad, my parents don’t even speak bad about him when they go on vacation there because of his hold on the country
My old college roommate is Nicaraguan, and I covertly speak to him via various means. He says its horrible now.
What's ur uncle name????
@@luisfigueroa4063 why would you ask me that? It’s like Ortega has people scoutings these videos, which should tell you the state of which Nicaragua is in, just know if I ever get the chance to start a militia and overthrow him, I will
Who or what is protecting Ortega? It amazes me that one man can have so much power that no one can even run against him.
Dictator
Daniel Ortega is worse than Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza.
That is wrong somoza was worse.
@@leeashley1902 No, "Tachito" and Ortega are the lesser of evils.
Shout out my nicaraguense !! Straight up !
Sanctions isn't enough.. we need to fight like in the 80"s.. 🇳🇮💪🏼
that'll never happen here, right? WAKE UP!!
Sounds like a Putin wannabe
In Ortega's Nicaragua, purple Members Only jacket wears you!
And tortures you too.
It's a Marxist Members Only jacket.
This is what all democracy nation need to be aware of....
Chávez was another tirano . Now Maduro and this devil . Maybe he doesn’t care about his family or ! His family are devils in flesh too .
This is what many Americans want
A dictator just like him.
No we don't we got rid of one of them already the thing about the US is if our politicians tried to control us to much we would take them out we're not China's people we would uprise against someone like that and take our country back..
@@joywalker4918 everyday our rights are violated
Laws aren't changed for the better
But for the worse
There are people, many people, who want Donald to have ultimate power
Nicaragua looking like Russia's government!
When was your last visit?
The U.S should pay really close attention to Russia's effort to expand their capabilities in the region.. Nothing good will come out of that...
That’s the same thoughts Russia had when when USA and friends were trying to make Ukraine a NATO member and see what happened.
Yes
@@diaz-kasper So you're suggesting that the U.S invade Nicaragua and rage war on the government and its citizens without ANY provocation just under the suspicion of them joining a coalition??
@@blueworld25 Just by your reply I know you have no idea what is going on between Russia and Ukraine and why the current war?
@@diaz-kasper English!!
Sounds like the same thing Trump planned on doing.
Exactly! We must fight maga vigilantly.
Wrong. Exactly what Trudeau and Australia are doing t]and they are liberals, just give it some time and Biden will do the same by building back better as he always says.
@Jason McDaniel it was Eisenhower; but you could have been asking a rhetorical question there. Hmm... also Noriega and Reagan come to mind. Yeah I don't like republican authority.
@Jason McDaniel you said cheers as your salutation, are you from the UK?
About the republican issue, do you see the pattern revealing a long march type plan using the WASP electorate as a means to an end to bring the US into a theocracy?
And Biden is supporting genocide in Palestine and starting WW3 with Russia. 😂 but Ortega bad
I am Henry Jesus Cross Lopez. My family left after 5 generations of the Cross family in San Juan del Sur and Managua. After 5 generations of the Lopez family in Jinotega y Matagalpa. Mestizos. Nicaragua is beautiful, may everything Sandinista DIE and for good. Thanks to the USA, I became one of the luckiest people in this planet. Abajo y al infierno el Frente...
My parents live in Altimira in Managua Nicaragua. Nice place to visit but no I don't wanna live there
Whether Putin or Ortega - you have to allow your opponents to run fairly. Obv not ok to suppress democracy anywhere - it is a right of the people.
Pero en EEUU solo hay dos opciones identicas para elegir y no se permite ninguna otra
No te parece que es imposicion y dictadura?
Different versions of Hitler still abound in this world!
Let's not forget that this dictator is also supported by another of Latin America's bloodiest tyrants: Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela. Same playbook, word for word.
Maduro isn’t a dictator he’s a democratically elected leader
@@Proxyyy825No it's not
This is too familiar to the direction trump was leading America, and also with the support of Russia.
Fact: Nicaragua has the lowest crime rate compared to north, central and south America,borders are tight with no drug trafficking from Colombia and no gangs. No mass shootings or school shootings etc.
Great, i'm sure that helps the people there a bunch to know that
The root of Ortega's madness is very simple: it can be traced to the moment he found out he had lost the Feb 1990 elections -- he reasons that if it weren't for all the facets of the US's intervention and meddling in Nicaraguan affairs leading up to those elections, notably propping up UNO and guaranteeing Nicaraguans US assistance if UNO wins, he would've emerged victorious. He's correct about this much and I would be very bitter about it, too. Since then he vowed to do everything he'd find necessary to hold on to power when he returns to it.
The irony is the the Ortegas have become the new Somozas.
They didn't "become" that way, Ortega was always that way.
In my personal opinion, he was always just a wolf in sheep’s clothing
But Bernie said he's was great.
So the Contras were freedom-fighters? NO WAY!!!
OMG that's crazy . How is possible that one person , can do , all this atrocity to an entire country!!!!
45
Biden?
Not crazy at all since America does this to.the entire world at the same time.
Well china is helping them
The devil is very powerful.
This is PITIFUL! UNACCEPTABLE on every level. These are the last days!
Please help these people
Lord God almighty, you have all authority please send your mercy down upon all being affected by those of corruption in power there here and abroad, may your your judgment be quick and like a thief in the night… in your Holy Name I praise and give thanks amen 🙏…
This is such a sad story.
Not really my brother. The Catholic Church has lost a lot of credibility in Nicaragua. People in Nicaragua are very wise and can see right through their cynical ploys. Nicaragua is being run very well by Ortega. Which is why he received 75% of the vote. The only people who are angry are a minority of zealots.
Thank you for this. Really, thank you 🇳🇮
“Is it a totalitarian country? No, it is not a totalitarian country. Are there civil liberties. Yeah, there are civil liberties. Is it a perfectly free country? No, it most certainly is not. Is it freer than of the most of the countries in Central America? Yeah, it is." - Bernie Sanders, on Daniel Ortega and Nicaragua during Ortega's first dictatorship.
It is ironic that the most controversial aspect of Ronald Wilson Reagan's Presidency has arguably been vindicated today. Funny that.
Ortega needs to be taken out of power!
If you had any support in Nicaragua, you wouldn’t be begging the US for help.
He and his family are despicable human beings. Take them all out!
How about just taking him out?
Absolutely not
Absolute power
Very well documented report. It's nice seeing our terrible reality is being told outside Nicaragua.
So much grief in Nicaragua. Under Somoza's dictatorship, the people's poverty was grinding and yet his family had millions of dollars. Among other things, the family embezzled earthquake relief funds after the Quake of 72. The Sandinistas started out as really making change and helping people to aspire to education, enough food and some semblance of self-governance, but the Reagan administration moved fast to try to quash it because of the word "communism". The brutality that the US supported back in the 80's was horrific - babies bayoneted, atrocities left and right. Ortega tried negotiating with the US but his ambassador waited five DAYS in DC and was told that the people he was supposed to meet were playing golf. That kind of disrespect.
I don't condone what Ortega is doing now, far from it, but the seeds of this violence were sown long ago and Ortega is not the only source of it.
When are we going to learn that impoverished nations breed grief, sorrow, instability and problems for the whole region? We are complaining and complaining about "problems on our border", but we often forget the history that created those problems.
Ortega needs to give up power, but this change needs to come from within Nicaragua and we have to respect the people's decision.
This is what MaGa wants for the USA. I REFUSE! All my love to Nicaragua 🇳🇮
MaGa?
You’re so incredibly confused. Make America Great Again has nothing to do with controlling us. That’s what the BLUE side wants. Cars with surveillance, less money & more government dependency, mandated injections. 🤦🏽♀️
@@mexicasoldier8364 Acronym for "Make America Great Again"
The majority of Nicaraguans back the Sandinista Govt. The people interviewed here were coup plotters in 2018. This is what they mean by "democracy". It's. Cynical ploy. Don't let U.S. media lie to you. This is all made for U.S. consumption. In Nicaragua the people actually support the police. The people they are afraid of are these so called democrats they are interviewing here. they got arrested because they kept on instigating, calling for violence.
How? US conservatives are more libertarian which means less power for the government.
The cuban regime playbook. Venezuela was a student. Now Nicaragua.
Nicaragua Libre !!!!!!!
People who put others in danger will be destroyed by their danger.
This is why Americans have guns.
And still get btfo'd
They voted for Daniel they know he was rubish but they still voted him. They should not cry Daniel wip them studio people
Great job 60 Minutes: but you should have done this before (like 40 years ago) - and you would not have lost credibility.
They did do a story on him in the 1980’s.
US supported Chilean dictator doing the exact same thing. Hypocrisy at its finest
only reason 60 minutes is doing this piece is because Nicaragua is an ally of Russia now
well, better now then never.
Daniel Ortega remembers that he's Daniel Ortega.
A leopard cannot change his spots.
So weird that they didn't talk to normal Nicaraguas who hate these reactionary Gusanos lol
Give a wicked man a taste of power and his flesh will never let him walk away from it ..
Lo dices por Biden??
Cuantos años hace que vive del pueblo...
Waiting for the day I catch dude packing 💯💯
Viva Nicaragua libre my heart cry for all the people die and my friend Luis Alberto Sovalbarro
The people are the final court ✊🗽
Sad is very SAD…. Some one should do something..?
Hello… what’s going on… in this small Country….. I was there many years Ago.
Nicaragua….. some Revolution is needed
To get rid of this… SANDINISTA.
One day he is Going…. No doubt about it.
Nicaraguan people go get that corrupt fascist leader and his fascist family. He hurts you then you hurt them back.
Why don't u report the horror America did and doing to Nicaragua?
They just mentioned somoza once but no detail
How much did the National Endowment for democray and the intel community have to do with this report
Second poorest country in the hemisphere is Honduras according to World Bank.
There is an urgent need of ICC investigation.
Stay Strong Nicaragua and Viva Daniel Ortega
How old are you Roxy? Ortega loves young girls
@@shootingstardust2146 Sure Moshe
Evil is Evil left or right that always ends the same.
He is a dictator who wants to stay in power not matter what, and the whole population of Nicaragua is suffering like never before. No freedom of speech, no freedom of movement and the people are feeling exhausted and hopeless 😞
The u.s is also a dictatorship imperialist government but they are in a world wide level, they have thousands of military base around the world to keep the white supremacy in power
We are going to take him out with an armed revolution.
Interesting. Reading the comments below. My observation is that an aging dictator will cause significant changes upon his death. There will be a big fight for succession. The voters of the past created Ortega just like the German voters created Hitler. Ortega has a way to go to be like Hitler, Stalin, Franko, Mussolini, Peron and many more. Democracy weak point is that it enables dictators?
@Bernhard Schwarz Take your pick.
So you're saying Franco, Mussolini and Peron were elected by democratic means? interesting
Unless America changes direction - fast - we may end up just like this.
@Bernhard Schwarz You’re right. Thanks for correcting me 😊
He needs to go
Lol that's crazy. Gotta be careful who you vote for.
the people didnt even vote for him. he literally stole the elections multiple times with proof
He got into power using violence
They need to fight until the end. Take your country back
The majority of Nicaraguans are happy with the Sandinista Govt
Daniel ortega disgraced one of histories most successful (and complex) Revolution
Exactly, he is NOT a real socialist but a feudalist, and Nicaragua belongs to him.
Lmao you literally repeated what every comservative and liberal said about him in the 80s.
The lie never dies lol
@@ernestkhalimov1007 well I'm not conservative and I actually would love if one day the whole planet surpasses capiralism which I despise for it being a system of oppression and slavery. Having said that I do believe Ortega is NOT a socialist but a simple tyrant murdering his own people and reigning with terror, he even put under arrest his adversaries because he knew he would lose the election, a coward fraufulent butcher, EVEN his past comrades are against him and the people fear him he is a complete failure of a leader who lives like a king while the people starve.
I didn't know about this story last year. In my humble opinion the best way to deal with bad leaders is to first understand their Achilles Heal. Go after that. Money? Freeze their accounts. My late mother used to tell me that some people worship the almighty dollar. As an adult I now understand what she meant. And not just Americans who love money.
Nicaragua is poor because the USA has banned any business from happening in Nicaragua the USA media likes to ignore the role that the USA has in our poverty
Nicaragua is poor because your government robs you of any money that should be going help your people. Stop blaming other countries for your corrupt government.
why do you think the bans were made in the first place...
None of them were candidates. Liars. 2:40
Crocodile tears they voted Daniel they got what they wanted
🤬
All the annual summits by G20 nations should have Nicaragua on the top of their list. Ortega must go and be prosecuted under international law.
Prosecuted for what? He is very popular in Nicaragua.
@Ronaldo Sanchez did Ortega paid you to say that...???🤣🤣🤣🤣
Y en donde esta la ONU que se supone debe de prevenir el abuso de poder.
USA needs to intervine Nicaragua and force Ortega to resign!
Nobody wants to point out American imperialism played a role in South America
Send in the SEALS.
Got btfod last time.
Down to communism
Down with American imperialism
@@texajp1946 👏👏
Down with fascism.
you mean American imperialism?
Nicaragua is not communist. Is feudalist.
Good job ! Nicaragua. Needs our prayers and a new President 😤😤😤😤
Conditions being as desperate as what's being portrayed, it's interesting that there are not scores of illegal immigrants coming from Nicaragua, like it's neighbors Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador...I wonder what's the reason for that?
Reality check. Monroe Doctrine. If Russia is in Nicaragua then the US Marines come in.
Marines never mess with the Russian Chads.
Theres a reason they only pick on little countries
I'm From Nicaraguais really Sad to live in Our own country We are Hopeless ...
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I guess many people said exactly the same about Somoza.
No wonder The Grayzone loves him so much
Ngl the way ppl say Nicaragua is weird but maybe because not everyone has a Spanish accent
Meet the new boss...Same as the old boss.
i hope the philippines will not go back like this
Trump tried the same
No he didn’t, otherwise he’d be in power still genius.
@@S3aCa1mRa1n stop drinking the kool-aid of course he did.
@@S3aCa1mRa1n He tried and failed. You know, just like he did with the election and his many bankruptcies. Con artist and a loser.
Ortega was elected in a free and fair election, way better than usa long history of coups in the region, this is Imperialist propaganda hit piece, long live the Sandinista revolution, down with evil empire usa destruction in Latin America
Yes, and Trump will try again if he has his way.