Pretty crazy, right. Let’s be real, the alternative to the current government isn’t Democracy. The alternative is that either a government willing to turn Nicaragua into a corporate colony of the west is in power or America established a right wing dictatorship to serve them.
Two champagne socialists who praise the glories of the Ortega regime from the context of their life of comfort and freedom in the developed world. What a bunch of cynical hypocrites!
Can anyone tell us why the US put sanctions on Nicaragua but not on Israel, whose army has killed and injured close to 100,000 people in Gaza in four months???
Justice is that people learn to live with each other. My town is making progress along those lines. And the events in Waslala in 2018 are known here but not outside Nicaragua. People on all sides were afraid of looters coming in from away so the FSLN mayor got both dominant parties together. Both parties cooperated in barricading the town. The mayor was elected earlier because the Liberales had a corrupt mayor before him. The town dismantled their barricades when they heard of shooting elsewhere. Oh, by the way, Nicaragua was neck and neck with Honduras in 2018, perhaps pulling ahead. Mixed economies out perform the ideological pure ones. People leave because an hourly wage in the US is close to a daily wage here. The INSS situation was more complicated than "cutting social services," and the INSS reforms were passed with minor adjustments in favor of small businesses. A chunk of people resented losing their land in the 80s and haven't gone beyond that. It doesn't have the industrial natural resources -- no oil, no coal, no iron ore. Gold has more value than mere jewelry these days in terms of computer components, but Canadian firms own the concessions for most of the mining. Its glory days were agricultural, but economies based on hand labor agriculture tend to make some rich and a lot poor or move into subsistence economies that no nation state, capitalist, socialist, or hybrid wants the majority of its population to be in. A number of indigenous subsistence handcraft economies were destroyed because they couldn't pay land taxes -- no cash crop. This happened in Mexico and other countries in Latin America.
In countries that have genuine extrajudicial executions, the people have names and photos (I saw one exhibit in Mexico City; Chile has lists of names and photos, and a friend visiting Chile in March heard from people who had friends go missing. Same was true for Argentina. Nothing like this has been presented for Nicaragua, by exiles. The man who told me about rumored extrajudicial executions was an anti-Ortega US person who was suspected by some of us as being a CIA asset. I've heard about one person who went missing, but he turned up and had had a mental breakdown, and is now in the US. When the photo agency I work with refuses to license certain photos here because La Prensa mislabeled a Honduran shooting as a Nicaraguan event, I tend to want some real proof from someone who isn't already a proven liar. I found that many of the "attacks on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua" actually didn't happen here but happened in Chile, Mexico, and a Caribbean country. The assumption seems to be that one side is truthful and one lies all the time. The reality is a bit more complex, but anyone who claims 2018 was one sided knows better and is lying for effect. A friend's FSLN lawyer was tortured to death and he received a video of the torture in email. There was a crackdown on riots. Demonstrations that were genuinely non-violent happened where I live, but one of the opposition people told me that wouldn't last, that "we will teach them (the FSLN) by force."
I have family Nica born. Half live in Canada and the other half never left. As for MX, highest and fastest rising, rate of femicide in the world. Chile? LOL Pinochette? F'N Nazis! I have friends who lived through that one.
I witnessed students dying in the streets while protesting peacefully, shot with high-power rifles. There have been kidnappings of opposition members for speaking out against the government, and even an elderly woman was beaten for expressing her opinion. Our church leaders are currently in prison for aiding those in need. I was present at these protests, so it's untrue to deny their occurrence. It's clear that you either lack information or have your own agenda. You are not a reporter, and you are not transparent.
I just spent a month there and traveled from Granada to Bluefield. The place is super poor and everyone i talked to hates Ortega and his wife. They live off relatives that leave the country for the US. That dude won't walk in Managua at sunset and even walking in the daytime will get you robbed.
Kind of missed the part where you need to describe the US backed Contras as terrorists preying on the Nicaraguan people to make it impossible for the Sandinistas to succeed. I’m not saying that todays Ortega is a saint, but the history you describe is lacking any negative description of the horrible regime the Sandinistas toppled in 1979 or the Contras and the US support of their terrorism.
Despite the Contras Ortega has done fine he is worth $50 million. I opposed the Contras but Ortega has become a dictator and has set up himself and his family for life while the people of his country are very poor. It is 2024 the Contras were gone in 1979 it is too long ago to use them as an excuse. If you want to know the truth about how things are in Nicaragua you need to interview the people from there on the US southern border trying to get into the US they are there every day and they will tell you the truth. Not Ben Norton or any other well-healed left winger living there.
@@libertadnicafitzpatrick8143Sure, Hitler, Stalin, Mugabe, Charles Taylor, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Amin, Pinochet, Somoza. Sure. You either know nothing about history or you are spreading propaganda. I'm guessing the latter.
Did she accuse Saudi Arabia, Israel, and other US partners of giving up sovereignty? She made a SUGGESTION that Nicaragua MIGHT do something that the US does. She flat out pointed out that the US is doing terrible things.
Both parties are wrong. It's a continuation of the Liberal vs Conservative rivalry that has existed since even the colonial days, moving the capital to Managua didn't help. It may have made things worse since it has been destroyed numerous times. Both elite groups will continue to antagonize each other and use international powers for their self interest. Nicaragua's citizens and environment will continue to suffer for the interests of a few, regardless of whom they are. The country remains very poor, underdeveloped and people will likely continue to leave. Even if the opposition takes power, the other party will continue to fight back. It's a lose lose situation, there must be a radically different solution to this continuing problem.
That is the truth, no government has legitimately worked towards building the country up, they all find a way to make a living in politics and just benefit their followers.
Socialism isn’t about not owning things. It’s about not letting a small group of people to own everything. Just take a look at the US and how large companies like Vanguard and Blackrock are buying up all the houses
@@swingingsteelActually they tried socialism in the 80s and were assaulted by US foreign policy until they gave it up voluntarily. Who does the US ever allow to set up a socialist government? My guess is that Ortega realized there was no way he could ever do what he thought possible in his youthful idealism and decided to take advantage of the power he could gain. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Fortunately, he has never been anything like Somoza, who just killed anyone who opposed him and had the full support of the US government and US corporations.
The Banana wars happened over a century ago. The revolution happened over 40 yrs. ago and the contra war now over 30. Nicaragua has been at peace for nearly three decades and foreign aid and investment have poured into the country with little to show for it. Mr. Ortega has been back in power since 2006. He needs to stop blaming history, and Yankee Imperialism for his troubles and start looking in the mirror. From 1967 -1979 despite a massive Earthquake that devastated the country and destroyed most of Managua, then the Oil shock one year later, then the civil war, Somoza managed to triple Nicaragua's GDP. Even most of the left in America like The Nation Magazine have turned their backs on Ortega.
Guatemala now has a higher GDP than Nicaragua, but it is majority poor according to the World Bank. It's easy to get rich if you don't pay the help much, pay them in shares, or simply don't pay them at all and have them grow the cash crop and all the farm's food and make all the cloth.
@@RebeccaOre Yes, that is the way the region has been for centuries, except Costa Rica. Nicaragua used to be richer before the 1972 earthquake destroyed Managua and laid wait all the country's gains since the 1920s. SAD.
@@jvarela965 Costa Rica depends on cheap Nicaraguan labor to keep its tourist industry going. And isn't as stable or honest as the publicity about it. Nicaragua is safer.
the usa supported the rich land owners.. its no surprise that the people dont like this. the owners offered no opportunity for the people. ortaga is not the greatest, but he's better than the preceding dictators.
I agree with Daniel. Hate the American bombs for profit culture, but love the liberty of freedom. I do what I want in Nicaragua, and don't feel oppressed.
It's a mix of free in wards, INSS (state health and retirement insurance), and private, which is relatively inexpensive because it's competing with free). If people can qualify for INSS, that's better than the free clinics and hospitals.
"Is this a coup attempt?" It wasn't a coup. I was in those protests, and it was Nicaraguan citizens asking the dictator to resign due to his poor political governance and manipulation of the constitution to fulfill his own needs instead of the country's needs. Were there people dying on both sides? Yes, there were, since the citizens needed to stand and fight to defend their lives. However, 99.9% of the casualties were unarmed innocent protesters, making it a case of Crimes Against Humanity. The person speaking in minute 7 of the report does not know what he's talking about and clearly has his own agenda, not reporting what really happened. I have been exiled and left behind my properties, my professional career, and my family for defending the Nicaraguan constitution and human rights. You clearly don't know what you are saying, Mr. Reporter.
I agree with much of what you say. but do not exclude the good Ortega has done . Building new infrastructure ;;;;; houses, schools , water systems, roads. From Leon to San Juan del sur, there is a lot of new stuff.
Incrdible how they can't stop interrupting each other. Seriously, you're in a live interview. Just with their example, you can see the situation in Nicaragua.
first of all my family is there, I met my wife 9 years ago and married there,. i traveled back n forth typically a month there and back to the u.s. for two months and did this for years about7 years We've been in the immigration process for several long years. I was stuck there during covid. I am lucky to have survived being jailed and experienced first hand their corrupt socialist b.s. I've been in the thick of it I mean to say. To the crowd who think you know.. you are irritating to those of us who really do.
@johnnyappleseed9762, man, stop bursting other people's bubbles of alternate reality. Why do you have to interrupt the simplistic narrative that works with most dim-witted left wingers - U.S. bad, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Venezuela good. Never mind the millions of people who want to leave or who have opted to risk their lives to escape the misery in these countries. They do not matter and do not read too much into it.
From the invited guests you can feel the attitude of Americans towards countries that want their own stand. The lady clearly said that Nicaraguan sovereignty can be undermined if it doesn't align to US interests. The two gentlemen did a great job to talk what is right and thanks to Ben for highlighting the state of affairs in Nicaragua. God bless their leadership.
So Nicaragua needs to Align to Russia's and China's interest, so China can keep opening zona franca in Nicaragua for cheap labor, so China can import to Nicaragua and obliterate local businesses, you say to hate how the US interviene and impose to other countries but yet are so stupid that when China does the same thing you turn a blind eye, hypocrisy to the max
If you have lived in Nicaragua for the past 14 or so years as an ordinary nica, be it as a professional or a working man out on the streets trying to eke a living dissociated from the government, no political affiliation, no government post or job, than you would know for sure that everything those two guys have said are lies, plain and simple lies. Their political or ideological bias is so obvious. A true journalist and a human rights lawyer these two aren't. To imply that Ortega and his government are doing everything right for the nicaraguan people even with all the pressures from those opposing them and the good old bad US it only shows that they are either not living in Nicaragua, but Ben is in Nicaragua, or true believers of the Ortega fallacies, although I suspect is something more mundane than noble idealism. Everybody outside the government, which is the mayority, does not approve of Ortega. That 80% the lawyer claims Ortega had at the time of the insurrection, the coup as they love to call it, cannot be taken as factual when you take into consideration that all nicas working for the government and those working for the sandinista party, have to say exactly that. All those that can't sustain themselves or their families, or can't keep a job and get the houses or "social help" have to sign up with the sandinista party, wear the colors, wave the flag, march on their parades and demonstrations showing their love and support for the leader, voluntarily, riiiiight. Populism at its best. Most of these people have no interest in politics and ideologies. All they want is a job, those that aren't lazy, and those that love to coast through life sacrificing only their dignity, that they don't know of or simply don't care about. These two guys are worse. They have intelligence and means to be able to stand for the truth yet they argue for the deceit, the lies, the manipulation, coercion, reppresion, oppression, corruption and shameless behavior in order to have a slice of the pie. That same Catholic Church the lawyer labels as reactionary, is the same that told of Somozas crimes and gave support to the sandinistas. And now, seeing that we are back to the same, the church by doing what they did back then with Somoza, they are reactionary? Hahaha, funny guy. If you don't live in Nicaragua, come and inmerse yourself in our world. Come and be among our ordinary people, good people, rich, poor, and that hard to find middle class people, gain their trust and then they will open up to you and will tell you exactly how they feel about our lives under this government and the direction it has taken. Talk to the students, teachers, doctors and nurses away from the fear of being listened to and worst, betrayed and dennounced to the authorities, then youll see. I saw the thumbnail and almost didn't click on it because it is an Al Jazeera piece. But I thought let's see what the other side is saying. I was surprised that it wasn't a complete Ortega love fest, but still by presenting two guys that their jobs are to speak in behalf of the Ortega regime and one speaking for the facts, not a political party or government, and not pushing back with all the documented investigations regarding to what happened in 2018, the why, the how things went from a simple protest in support of the elderly and their pension, to a full fledged civic protest asking the government to step aside and give way to a new and better government. Us here in Nicaragua, feel as if we are right next to Clover watching in disbelief through the window into the house how the pigs and the humans arguing, dining and laughing were no longer disguishabke from each other. Ortega and those around him are what they opposed and fought against.
Cuba also has free education and Healthcare, lets ask them how things are going. I cant stand when someone points to those things as if everything is perfectly fine while the people are suffering under tyranny and struggling to put food on the table. Healthcare and education doesn't equate to a flourishing country.
My neighbors are investing in their houses and businesses. Most reasons for leaving Nicaragua is hearing that the minimum wages are $15. MRS went way right-wing after they failed to get votes and the US had the cash.
@neoalmaguer6505 aagh, we found the guy who speaks for all nicaraguans, thank goodness. I'm sure if you can afford the private sector of Healthcare, you're doing fine
If Nicaragua is such a stronghold of democracy and so many achievements have been made, how come nobody is lining up to cross the border into Nicaragua? I don't hear of anyone planning to move there. I know a Nicaraguan lady who is a legal US Citizen, she sees her family by traveling to Costa Rica, and her family members meet her there. If she travels to Nicaragua with a US passport she is certain she will be killed. So l don't think Nicaragua is a nice place. I can guarantee you l would never go there even if you paid me to go. Sorry.
I'm just a regular old American white guy. This is my 11th year of traveling to, and living in, Nicaragua. This beautiful country never ceases to amaze. In my community alone there are new Canadians, Americans and others moving in and building new houses every week. I don't want to bore you with the details, but the locals, the people, are happy, generous, safe and welcoming. Just this past weekend I rode my motorcycle almost 200 miles up to Esteli, the cigar capital of the world (not an exaggeration). The views of Momotombo Volcano were so beautiful it was emotional. Just south of Esteli I was stopped by the Policia National for a "traffic violation". I told the cop he was wrong, and I told him why. When he realized he couldn't play me, we had a good laugh, he gave me my license back, and waved me on. This is the beauty of Nicaragua. Nobody gives a crappe what you do, there is a freedom here that is hard to explain. I visited a cigar factory and the owner (originally Cuban) gifted me 100 free cigars. A guy that I had just met an hour before. This is what Nicaragua is really like. Don't believe everything you hear. My hotel room was $11.
@@Mr.DamianMya how much did you have to pay that police officer? And which police officer stopped you the ones that wear black and carries the guns or the ones that wear the blue I really don’t carry gun
Dont come here, all the information you guys get abroad is severely reduced, 2018 was a dark year and forced oppression that ofc the side with the most power and control over the police and military would hide at all cost. I guarantee you that the few people that actually came here and tried to get real information(you would have to defy the ongoing violent oppression) didn't make it out. Idk where that Ben man was living or making his investigation but it is almost as if he has never lived in a 3rd world country, i assure you theres still places here where a mother can have 12 kids and whoever makes it makes it. And many of them wont even get vaccinations, education or even a legal name. The only way you will be safe here is if you have money, and the president still lives in the civil war, i assure you that we who lived here since we were born know what kind of man he is. The people talking about Nicaragua may know about economics and numbers, they dont know what the goverment is capable of. Coming to retire here is very different than living here since you were born and poor. You can do as you please as long as you dont talk badly about the dictatorship. There's a reason why this place is "safe" and you wont see much news about cartels and such.
They are the activist who would like Nicaragua forever poor like similar to slavery, it is sad politics market ,geopolitical system.Stop the greed ,power.Nicaraguan,Nicaragua the people,and our Planet 🌏 need peace.❤ Nicaragua is a sovereign country only for Nicaraguan and friends,every country has the same rigths,peace,love for all Nations ❤.
The reality is that I was there and I saw and helped kids that had been shot by the police. During that time school buses were being shot at, and the it was and is still illegal to raise the Nicaraguan flag. Is that freedom?
A theater of bad actors. There is no good actor . Nicaragua needs some good actors. Give me a break on the virtues of nica education and healthcare. I know more than I want.
Is Mr. Norton on Ortega's payroll? And does he actually live in Nicaragua? He is terribly WRONG about their social services, and misguided on several other points.
He's an independent journalist and if you had watched the whole video instead of trolling after the first 5 minutes you would have learned that he in fact lives in Nicaragua
Yes he lives in Nicaragua and he receives a salary from the ministry of foreign affairs, so yes, he is an employee of Ortega's, and thus a parasite of Nicaraguans who pays his salary off our taxes
@@agresiv0 No but why does it matter? You made a statement and I asked for evidence what's the problem here? As far as I know, Ben is an independent journalist, if you claim otherwise then show me the evidence or how else am I supposed to check if what you're saying is true or not?
You should've asked how many Chinese and Russians ONG's have helped Nicaraguans when disasters happens, the only interest of China is to have a sub contractor to work for them to grow their economy.
cuba is a dictatorship as is many govt. in latin america.. panama and costa rica have democracies. and the people there appreciate it. they know what goes on in neighboring countries.
The only thing I got from this panel is that this disconnect is exactly why there are issues in Nicaragua . Ppl can’t wrap their head around what is happening & even less how to help.
The current government in Nicaragua has actually helped the low income people big time. Compared to previous political parties who all they did was enrich their pockets and steal from the country and whose btw where very close to US. People who are mad at the current government are the liberals who can no longer benefit from the benefit of previous corruption. Every country & government got its positive n negatives but as I see it he is helping the people that really need the help.
USA 🇺🇲 has always brought violence to Nicaragua 🇳🇮 because they oppose Socialism. The U.S. Govt has always had a deep hatred towards Daniel Ortega because his beliefs are more concentrated on the working class as opposed to U.S.Capitalist wealthy elites. Daniel Ortega is a good leader, and widely supported by Nicaraguans. Western media 📺 almost always portrays him in a negative light. Ben Norton's viewpoint is the most accurate of the 3 reporters here.
I am Nicaraguan and since the 80's the only group that has brought violence and misery into the country are the sandinistas, in the 90's when the got out of power and left a dead broke country they didn't let any government to govern in peace, they were getting funding from Lybia, Gaddafi was funding the sandinistas strikes and protests, sandinistas used to barricade wielding AK-47 and shooting at the police, Daniel Ortega is not a leader is a parasite, stop spreading false news, comment about your country and leave Nicaragua for Nicaraguans.
CAP ASF. My girlfriends WHOLE family JUST fled Nicaragua. AND THEY ALL HATE THE PRESIDENT. THEY ALL SAY HES A EVIL PRESIDENT AND TAKES THE MONEY OF THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE. AND THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE WANT A COUNTRY LIKE THE USA.
This isn't even a purely socialist economy. It's mixed with some infrastructure nationalized and some small businesses helped with zero interest loans (I believe there's a .05% origination fee or something like that. The US doesn't like anyone not providing it with cheap labor or natural resources.
Since the neocolonialist in our new world everyday wants to rule and say negatively. i'm Native ingenious Why outsider don't respect,be respectful guys ousider,respect our way of live Nicaraguan style in solidarity ❤
Marry a Nicaragua, do something for Nicaragua, or learn Spanish and live as a legal resident for five years and be willing to go through the application process which takes a while.
So how come l would have to get legal residency? I couldn't just cross the border from Costa Rica? My plan is to cross illegally and then ask for asylum so l can get free housing, utilities, free school for my children and a maid to help my wife. Isn't that how it works?
I cannot accept this coverage as accurate. When and if Al Jezeera leverages the resources at its disposal to become an instrument of accuracy, I am certainly open to listening.
That woman was paid bank. Is she like one of those famous "concerned parents" in the American media that happens to have conservative views ? I can't stop laughing.
Is funny how people with a different views are always "paid", you guys are so aligned that you think nobody has the right to think differently.. so ridiculous
@@RebeccaOre I was born, raised and live in Nicaragua my entire life but yet some retired gringos think they know the truth over actual Nicaraguans lol
I like ortaga, I suggest the army stay busy building roads and helping poor communities. And lower the import tax. It's wonderful the south coast is getting paved roans. It will help the image of the country
Did people who were government employees under Somoza government held accountable for their crimes and did generals of national guard get charged for their massacres😂
According to Confidencial TV (Nicaragua) and his previous partner Blumental, Northon seems to be a thief. Not sure what Aljazeera's porpuse is by having these kind of people as a guest
The lady is right . Those two guys should leave the United States , resign of being us citizens . They love , Russia , China , Cuba , Venezuela , North Korea apply to be citizen of those type of government . Once those two become citizens of those dictatorship government do not come back complaining they are being control and threaten only because expressing as a free human being .
WTF? Did you miss the part where Ben Norton left the USA and lives in Nicaragua? That lady left because she is from some rich bourgeoisie family and couldn’t enslave people there with impunity anymore.
Everyone wants to profit from the future canal that will one day be built Nicaragua should be the richest country in central America and even the world one day.
The smartest policy Daniel could make would be to legalize marijuana and market it internationally. . There is more profit in the fibers than in getting high , everything from shoes to car bodies. Pants, dresses. A million things can be made from marijuana. It would put thousands to work .. our motto should be---- built in Nicaragua, not passing through Nicaragua . Marijuana will generate a lot more income for all the people. A canal would not be close to the earning potential . Many people to have employment with legalization The potential to turn our resources into retail products is endless and bring Nicaragua into a prosperous nation and reduce poverty. Encourage Legalization
Our country needs freedom . We need a leader to help our people who are hurting . USA needs to worry about their own issues and stop trying to get control over our affairs. USA has bigger issues trump is one of
Perhaps education is a right, however not always for free. the resources are far and few. I have witnessed it. Yes, there are illnesses treated for free, but with limited benefits and assistance. It's not 100 %
They are American, that's the problem with us we think we know better about another persons story then they do. The woman has lived in Nicaragua she would know about what's going on more than they would!
People live their countries for all kinds of reasons and in case of Nicaragua and many other poor countries one big reason is a want of a better living standard. Now this is true of all countries around the world. If given the chance people from around the world would come to the US in a flash.
MRS people figure in the Wikileaks dispatches from the US Embassy in Managua. They were basically mostly richer Nicaraguans who went to the Americans for aid against Ortega. This includes Dora Maria Tellez. A lot of the left anywhere are the children of the rich who are either thrill seekers or in opposition to their own parents for various reasons. The Weathermen/Weather Underground were such people. MRS were such people. One thing that I've noticed is the more blood-thirsty left movements like Shining Path tend to be this sort of recreational leftists. George Orwell commented that working class leftists who were really working class tended to not be as ideologically rigid as the upper class or middle class leftists. Another thing -- both sides have pet polling companies. The US learned the hard way (WikiLeaks) that the polls the right wingers presented couldn't be trusted.
A Nicaraguan woman being “corrected” about the situation in her own country by two US white men, one man literally yelling at her. 🤔🤦♀️
She’s Americanized she’s in LA dumbass😂
The Nicaraguan healthcare and education system is relatively very good. No?
Pretty crazy, right. Let’s be real, the alternative to the current government isn’t Democracy. The alternative is that either a government willing to turn Nicaragua into a corporate colony of the west is in power or America established a right wing dictatorship to serve them.
Two champagne socialists who praise the glories of the Ortega regime from the context of their life of comfort and freedom in the developed world. What a bunch of cynical hypocrites!
When people think they are being misunderstood, like a language barrier, it is common them to raise their voice.
There is one reason and one reason only that countries are so concerned with Nicaragua, they have prime real estate.
Can anyone tell us why the US put sanctions on Nicaragua but not on Israel, whose army has killed and injured close to 100,000 people in Gaza in four months???
Coz they are a goood partner to have to help there aims and there are a lot of rich zionist. In the us
Ben Norton can better be described as a spokesperson for the Ortega regime than an independent journalist.
He is an incredible POS. Al Jazeera should not have platformed him.
Christina Stop listening to the Mainstream media in the USA...
The USA is the Biggest Terrorist country in the world....
because he isnt giving non-stop criticism?
He is spot on, the US is evil
@@miguelfonseca1104No. He is a spokesperson for Ortega because he lies plain and simple.
SOS Nicaragua. Justice please.
Justice is that people learn to live with each other. My town is making progress along those lines. And the events in Waslala in 2018 are known here but not outside Nicaragua. People on all sides were afraid of looters coming in from away so the FSLN mayor got both dominant parties together. Both parties cooperated in barricading the town. The mayor was elected earlier because the Liberales had a corrupt mayor before him. The town dismantled their barricades when they heard of shooting elsewhere. Oh, by the way, Nicaragua was neck and neck with Honduras in 2018, perhaps pulling ahead. Mixed economies out perform the ideological pure ones.
People leave because an hourly wage in the US is close to a daily wage here. The INSS situation was more complicated than "cutting social services," and the INSS reforms were passed with minor adjustments in favor of small businesses. A chunk of people resented losing their land in the 80s and haven't gone beyond that.
It doesn't have the industrial natural resources -- no oil, no coal, no iron ore. Gold has more value than mere jewelry these days in terms of computer components, but Canadian firms own the concessions for most of the mining. Its glory days were agricultural, but economies based on hand labor agriculture tend to make some rich and a lot poor or move into subsistence economies that no nation state, capitalist, socialist, or hybrid wants the majority of its population to be in. A number of indigenous subsistence handcraft economies were destroyed because they couldn't pay land taxes -- no cash crop. This happened in Mexico and other countries in Latin America.
In countries that have genuine extrajudicial executions, the people have names and photos (I saw one exhibit in Mexico City; Chile has lists of names and photos, and a friend visiting Chile in March heard from people who had friends go missing. Same was true for Argentina. Nothing like this has been presented for Nicaragua, by exiles. The man who told me about rumored extrajudicial executions was an anti-Ortega US person who was suspected by some of us as being a CIA asset. I've heard about one person who went missing, but he turned up and had had a mental breakdown, and is now in the US. When the photo agency I work with refuses to license certain photos here because La Prensa mislabeled a Honduran shooting as a Nicaraguan event, I tend to want some real proof from someone who isn't already a proven liar. I found that many of the "attacks on the Catholic Church in Nicaragua" actually didn't happen here but happened in Chile, Mexico, and a Caribbean country. The assumption seems to be that one side is truthful and one lies all the time. The reality is a bit more complex, but anyone who claims 2018 was one sided knows better and is lying for effect. A friend's FSLN lawyer was tortured to death and he received a video of the torture in email.
There was a crackdown on riots. Demonstrations that were genuinely non-violent happened where I live, but one of the opposition people told me that wouldn't last, that "we will teach them (the FSLN) by force."
I have family Nica born. Half live in Canada and the other half never left. As for MX, highest and fastest rising, rate of femicide in the world. Chile? LOL Pinochette? F'N Nazis! I have friends who lived through that one.
I witnessed students dying in the streets while protesting peacefully, shot with high-power rifles. There have been kidnappings of opposition members for speaking out against the government, and even an elderly woman was beaten for expressing her opinion. Our church leaders are currently in prison for aiding those in need. I was present at these protests, so it's untrue to deny their occurrence. It's clear that you either lack information or have your own agenda. You are not a reporter, and you are not transparent.
I just spent a month there and traveled from Granada to Bluefield. The place is super poor and everyone i talked to hates Ortega and his wife. They live off relatives that leave the country for the US. That dude won't walk in Managua at sunset and even walking in the daytime will get you robbed.
Bro i got robbed by some blacks folks here in the super power of the world in LA county ehat are you talking bout? Lmao
Gusano 🥱🪱🫵
I'm a expat gringo. In San Juan del sur. I go shopping and mall theater in Managua.. I've never had a problem.
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Right on target. God bless!
Kind of missed the part where you need to describe the US backed Contras as terrorists preying on the Nicaraguan people to make it impossible for the Sandinistas to succeed. I’m not saying that todays Ortega is a saint, but the history you describe is lacking any negative description of the horrible regime the Sandinistas toppled in 1979 or the Contras and the US support of their terrorism.
Despite the Contras Ortega has done fine he is worth $50 million. I opposed the Contras but Ortega has become a dictator and has set up himself and his family for life while the people of his country are very poor. It is 2024 the Contras were gone in 1979 it is too long ago to use them as an excuse. If you want to know the truth about how things are in Nicaragua you need to interview the people from there on the US southern border trying to get into the US they are there every day and they will tell you the truth. Not Ben Norton or any other well-healed left winger living there.
That is a big lie, No other Dictator has been as bad and as evil as Ortega!
@@libertadnicafitzpatrick8143Sure, Hitler, Stalin, Mugabe, Charles Taylor, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Amin, Pinochet, Somoza. Sure. You either know nothing about history or you are spreading propaganda. I'm guessing the latter.
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Most of them sharing more or less the same political views as Ortega.
Meh. The Sandinistas were backed by the USSR.
Did she accuse Saudi Arabia, Israel, and other US partners of giving up sovereignty? She made a SUGGESTION that Nicaragua MIGHT do something that the US does. She flat out pointed out that the US is doing terrible things.
Both parties are wrong. It's a continuation of the Liberal vs Conservative rivalry that has existed since even the colonial days, moving the capital to Managua didn't help. It may have made things worse since it has been destroyed numerous times. Both elite groups will continue to antagonize each other and use international powers for their self interest. Nicaragua's citizens and environment will continue to suffer for the interests of a few, regardless of whom they are. The country remains very poor, underdeveloped and people will likely continue to leave. Even if the opposition takes power, the other party will continue to fight back. It's a lose lose situation, there must be a radically different solution to this continuing problem.
That is the truth, no government has legitimately worked towards building the country up, they all find a way to make a living in politics and just benefit their followers.
Great debate. I believe it's the first one of its kind. Firm perspectives. Thank you Al Jazeera
For being socialist, the Ortegas sure likes owning stuff.
Socialism isn’t about not owning things. It’s about not letting a small group of people to own everything. Just take a look at the US and how large companies like Vanguard and Blackrock are buying up all the houses
It's not a socialist country -- it's a mixed economy. Also, the opposition names show up in the Wikileaks embassy dispatches from 2010.
@@RebeccaOre its always mixed, because theyre always hypocrites. thats the point.
@@swingingsteelActually they tried socialism in the 80s and were assaulted by US foreign policy until they gave it up voluntarily. Who does the US ever allow to set up a socialist government? My guess is that Ortega realized there was no way he could ever do what he thought possible in his youthful idealism and decided to take advantage of the power he could gain. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Fortunately, he has never been anything like Somoza, who just killed anyone who opposed him and had the full support of the US government and US corporations.
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Because even they know that socialism cannot survive without capitalism to give it the illusion of viability.
The Banana wars happened over a century ago. The revolution happened over 40 yrs. ago and the contra war now over 30. Nicaragua has been at peace for nearly three decades and foreign aid and investment have poured into the country with little to show for it. Mr. Ortega has been back in power since 2006. He needs to stop blaming history, and Yankee Imperialism for his troubles and start looking in the mirror. From 1967 -1979 despite a massive Earthquake that devastated the country and destroyed most of Managua, then the Oil shock one year later, then the civil war, Somoza managed to triple Nicaragua's GDP. Even most of the left in America like The Nation Magazine have turned their backs on Ortega.
Guatemala now has a higher GDP than Nicaragua, but it is majority poor according to the World Bank. It's easy to get rich if you don't pay the help much, pay them in shares, or simply don't pay them at all and have them grow the cash crop and all the farm's food and make all the cloth.
@@RebeccaOre Yes, that is the way the region has been for centuries, except Costa Rica. Nicaragua used to be richer before the 1972 earthquake destroyed Managua and laid wait all the country's gains since the 1920s. SAD.
@@jvarela965 Costa Rica depends on cheap Nicaraguan labor to keep its tourist industry going. And isn't as stable or honest as the publicity about it. Nicaragua is safer.
please list the foreign investment that you say is pouring into the country.
i cant see it.
The Nation is moderate at best and again disruptive policies coupled with global recession post COVID cannot be ignored
Man that old man hate the Yankees. But loves dollars
the usa supported the rich land owners.. its no surprise that the people dont like this.
the owners offered no opportunity for the people. ortaga is not the greatest, but he's better than the preceding dictators.
what goes around , comes around.. many fsln members are now land owners. co op agriculture is a good balance , between socialism and capitalism.
And boy do those Yankees hate losing dollars. They hate not being able to exploit people in Latin America.
I agree with Daniel. Hate the American bombs for profit culture, but love the liberty of freedom. I do what I want in Nicaragua, and don't feel oppressed.
The United States hasnt even signed the human rights treaty 😂😂😂
Is she actually claiming that Nicaragua's healthcare is more limited than the US's? Clearly not even being plausible.
It's a mix of free in wards, INSS (state health and retirement insurance), and private, which is relatively inexpensive because it's competing with free). If people can qualify for INSS, that's better than the free clinics and hospitals.
Socialism doesn't mean you can't own stuff.
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Yes it does.
"Is this a coup attempt?" It wasn't a coup. I was in those protests, and it was Nicaraguan citizens asking the dictator to resign due to his poor political governance and manipulation of the constitution to fulfill his own needs instead of the country's needs. Were there people dying on both sides? Yes, there were, since the citizens needed to stand and fight to defend their lives. However, 99.9% of the casualties were unarmed innocent protesters, making it a case of Crimes Against Humanity. The person speaking in minute 7 of the report does not know what he's talking about and clearly has his own agenda, not reporting what really happened. I have been exiled and left behind my properties, my professional career, and my family for defending the Nicaraguan constitution and human rights. You clearly don't know what you are saying, Mr. Reporter.
I agree with much of what you say. but do not exclude the good Ortega has done .
Building new infrastructure ;;;;; houses, schools , water systems, roads. From Leon to San Juan del sur, there is a lot of new stuff.
Incrdible how they can't stop interrupting each other. Seriously, you're in a live interview. Just with their example, you can see the situation in Nicaragua.
first of all my family is there, I met my wife 9 years ago and married there,. i traveled back n forth typically a month there and back to the u.s. for two months and did this for years about7 years We've been in the immigration process for several long years. I was stuck there during covid. I am lucky to have survived being jailed and experienced first hand their corrupt socialist b.s. I've been in the thick of it I mean to say. To the crowd who think you know.. you are irritating to those of us who really do.
@johnnyappleseed9762, man, stop bursting other people's bubbles of alternate reality. Why do you have to interrupt the simplistic narrative that works with most dim-witted left wingers - U.S. bad, Cuba, Nicaragua, North Korea, Venezuela good. Never mind the millions of people who want to leave or who have opted to risk their lives to escape the misery in these countries. They do not matter and do not read too much into it.
You either day the hero. Or, you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
- Harvey Dent AKA Two-Face, The Dark knight
17 years....Of any President ...is Far Too Long....
But 50 years for a senator or congressmen is not?
From the invited guests you can feel the attitude of Americans towards countries that want their own stand. The lady clearly said that Nicaraguan sovereignty can be undermined if it doesn't align to US interests. The two gentlemen did a great job to talk what is right and thanks to Ben for highlighting the state of affairs in Nicaragua. God bless their leadership.
So Nicaragua needs to Align to Russia's and China's interest, so China can keep opening zona franca in Nicaragua for cheap labor, so China can import to Nicaragua and obliterate local businesses, you say to hate how the US interviene and impose to other countries but yet are so stupid that when China does the same thing you turn a blind eye, hypocrisy to the max
Shut up! You don’t know what really happens in my country
If you have lived in Nicaragua for the past 14 or so years as an ordinary nica, be it as a professional or a working man out on the streets trying to eke a living dissociated from the government, no political affiliation, no government post or job, than you would know for sure that everything those two guys have said are lies, plain and simple lies. Their political or ideological bias is so obvious. A true journalist and a human rights lawyer these two aren't. To imply that Ortega and his government are doing everything right for the nicaraguan people even with all the pressures from those opposing them and the good old bad US it only shows that they are either not living in Nicaragua, but Ben is in Nicaragua, or true believers of the Ortega fallacies, although I suspect is something more mundane than noble idealism.
Everybody outside the government, which is the mayority, does not approve of Ortega. That 80% the lawyer claims Ortega had at the time of the insurrection, the coup as they love to call it, cannot be taken as factual when you take into consideration that all nicas working for the government and those working for the sandinista party, have to say exactly that. All those that can't sustain themselves or their families, or can't keep a job and get the houses or "social help" have to sign up with the sandinista party, wear the colors, wave the flag, march on their parades and demonstrations showing their love and support for the leader, voluntarily, riiiiight. Populism at its best. Most of these people have no interest in politics and ideologies. All they want is a job, those that aren't lazy, and those that love to coast through life sacrificing only their dignity, that they don't know of or simply don't care about. These two guys are worse. They have intelligence and means to be able to stand for the truth yet they argue for the deceit, the lies, the manipulation, coercion, reppresion, oppression, corruption and shameless behavior in order to have a slice of the pie.
That same Catholic Church the lawyer labels as reactionary, is the same that told of Somozas crimes and gave support to the sandinistas. And now, seeing that we are back to the same, the church by doing what they did back then with Somoza, they are reactionary? Hahaha, funny guy.
If you don't live in Nicaragua, come and inmerse yourself in our world. Come and be among our ordinary people, good people, rich, poor, and that hard to find middle class people, gain their trust and then they will open up to you and will tell you exactly how they feel about our lives under this government and the direction it has taken. Talk to the students, teachers, doctors and nurses away from the fear of being listened to and worst, betrayed and dennounced to the authorities, then youll see.
I saw the thumbnail and almost didn't click on it because it is an Al Jazeera piece. But I thought let's see what the other side is saying. I was surprised that it wasn't a complete Ortega love fest, but still by presenting two guys that their jobs are to speak in behalf of the Ortega regime and one speaking for the facts, not a political party or government, and not pushing back with all the documented investigations regarding to what happened in 2018, the why, the how things went from a simple protest in support of the elderly and their pension, to a full fledged civic protest asking the government to step aside and give way to a new and better government.
Us here in Nicaragua, feel as if we are right next to Clover watching in disbelief through the window into the house how the pigs and the humans arguing, dining and laughing were no longer disguishabke from each other.
Ortega and those around him are what they opposed and fought against.
Cuba also has free education and Healthcare, lets ask them how things are going. I cant stand when someone points to those things as if everything is perfectly fine while the people are suffering under tyranny and struggling to put food on the table. Healthcare and education doesn't equate to a flourishing country.
My neighbors are investing in their houses and businesses. Most reasons for leaving Nicaragua is hearing that the minimum wages are $15. MRS went way right-wing after they failed to get votes and the US had the cash.
Nobody is suffering im Nicaragua except people who’s fam worked for Somoza
@@RebeccaOre I'm sure investing into a commist country will work well for them.
@neoalmaguer6505 aagh, we found the guy who speaks for all nicaraguans, thank goodness. I'm sure if you can afford the private sector of Healthcare, you're doing fine
That women shut those men up.
No she didn’t she proved nothing😂
If Nicaragua is such a stronghold of democracy and so many achievements have been made, how come nobody is lining up to cross the border into Nicaragua? I don't hear of anyone planning to move there. I know a Nicaraguan lady who is a legal US Citizen, she sees her family by traveling to Costa Rica, and her family members meet her there. If she travels to Nicaragua with a US passport she is certain she will be killed. So l don't think Nicaragua is a nice place. I can guarantee you l would never go there even if you paid me to go. Sorry.
I'm just a regular old American white guy. This is my 11th year of traveling to, and living in, Nicaragua. This beautiful country never ceases to amaze. In my community alone there are new Canadians, Americans and others moving in and building new houses every week. I don't want to bore you with the details, but the locals, the people, are happy, generous, safe and welcoming. Just this past weekend I rode my motorcycle almost 200 miles up to Esteli, the cigar capital of the world (not an exaggeration). The views of Momotombo Volcano were so beautiful it was emotional. Just south of Esteli I was stopped by the Policia National for a "traffic violation". I told the cop he was wrong, and I told him why. When he realized he couldn't play me, we had a good laugh, he gave me my license back, and waved me on. This is the beauty of Nicaragua. Nobody gives a crappe what you do, there is a freedom here that is hard to explain. I visited a cigar factory and the owner (originally Cuban) gifted me 100 free cigars. A guy that I had just met an hour before. This is what Nicaragua is really like. Don't believe everything you hear. My hotel room was $11.
@@Mr.DamianMya how much did you have to pay that police officer? And which police officer stopped you the ones that wear black and carries the guns or the ones that wear the blue I really don’t carry gun
@@girlmonkey I paid nothing. The guys were in black, seemed like the rifle across his chest was either old or fake.
Dont come here, all the information you guys get abroad is severely reduced, 2018 was a dark year and forced oppression that ofc the side with the most power and control over the police and military would hide at all cost. I guarantee you that the few people that actually came here and tried to get real information(you would have to defy the ongoing violent oppression) didn't make it out. Idk where that Ben man was living or making his investigation but it is almost as if he has never lived in a 3rd world country, i assure you theres still places here where a mother can have 12 kids and whoever makes it makes it. And many of them wont even get vaccinations, education or even a legal name. The only way you will be safe here is if you have money, and the president still lives in the civil war, i assure you that we who lived here since we were born know what kind of man he is. The people talking about Nicaragua may know about economics and numbers, they dont know what the goverment is capable of.
Coming to retire here is very different than living here since you were born and poor. You can do as you please as long as you dont talk badly about the dictatorship. There's a reason why this place is "safe" and you wont see much news about cartels and such.
People don’t come to Nica because of propaganda and ignorance. I’m a gringo and retired to Nicaragua 14 years ago. I like it here.
They are the activist who would like Nicaragua forever poor like similar to slavery, it is sad politics market ,geopolitical system.Stop the greed ,power.Nicaraguan,Nicaragua the people,and our Planet 🌏 need peace.❤ Nicaragua is a sovereign country only for Nicaraguan and friends,every country has the same rigths,peace,love for all Nations ❤.
Yes they want to exploit.
But China then not doing for nothing they want something in return
I am retired . I own property in Nica. Been coming here since 2010 14 year.
Everywhere has problem, Ortega has done better than most.
The reality is that I was there and I saw and helped kids that had been shot by the police. During that time school buses were being shot at, and the it was and is still illegal to raise the Nicaraguan flag. Is that freedom?
The anchor has such an axe to grind, and it does not go her way.
A theater of bad actors. There is no good actor . Nicaragua needs some good actors. Give me a break on the virtues of nica education and healthcare. I know more than I want.
Is Mr. Norton on Ortega's payroll? And does he actually live in Nicaragua? He is terribly WRONG about their social services, and misguided on several other points.
He's an independent journalist and if you had watched the whole video instead of trolling after the first 5 minutes you would have learned that he in fact lives in Nicaragua
Yes he lives in Nicaragua and he receives a salary from the ministry of foreign affairs, so yes, he is an employee of Ortega's, and thus a parasite of Nicaraguans who pays his salary off our taxes
@@agresiv0 That's an interesting claim, do you have evidenc?
Do you live in Nicaragua, Melchor?
@@agresiv0 No but why does it matter? You made a statement and I asked for evidence what's the problem here?
As far as I know, Ben is an independent journalist, if you claim otherwise then show me the evidence or how else am I supposed to check if what you're saying is true or not?
You should've asked how many Chinese and Russians ONG's have helped Nicaraguans when disasters happens, the only interest of China is to have a sub contractor to work for them to grow their economy.
cuba is a dictatorship as is many govt. in latin america.. panama and costa rica have democracies. and the people there appreciate it. they know what goes on in neighboring countries.
Love Ben, he speaks so calmly and deliver all his messages and info so well.
Daniel Ortega is the leader of a great country, people love him. ¡Nicaragua Patria libre! ¡ Viva Daniel, nuestro comandante!
The only thing I got from this panel is that this disconnect is exactly why there are issues in Nicaragua . Ppl can’t wrap their head around what is happening & even less how to help.
me too
Please list ideas to help...they are needed...
Surprised to see Ben on AJ!
The current government in Nicaragua has actually helped the low income people big time. Compared to previous political parties who all they did was enrich their pockets and steal from the country and whose btw where very close to US. People who are mad at the current government are the liberals who can no longer benefit from the benefit of previous corruption. Every country & government got its positive n negatives but as I see it he is helping the people that really need the help.
Amazing! NICA s a great nation, going back to stay! She is s misinformed!!!
USA 🇺🇲 has always brought violence to Nicaragua 🇳🇮 because they oppose Socialism. The U.S. Govt has always had a deep hatred towards Daniel Ortega because his beliefs are more concentrated on the working class as opposed to U.S.Capitalist wealthy elites. Daniel Ortega is a good leader, and widely supported by Nicaraguans. Western media 📺 almost always portrays him in a negative light. Ben Norton's viewpoint is the most accurate of the 3 reporters here.
Thanks for giving the right information👏🏽
I am Nicaraguan and since the 80's the only group that has brought violence and misery into the country are the sandinistas, in the 90's when the got out of power and left a dead broke country they didn't let any government to govern in peace, they were getting funding from Lybia, Gaddafi was funding the sandinistas strikes and protests, sandinistas used to barricade wielding AK-47 and shooting at the police, Daniel Ortega is not a leader is a parasite, stop spreading false news, comment about your country and leave Nicaragua for Nicaraguans.
Yes blame America as always take responsibility for your own failures
CAP ASF. My girlfriends WHOLE family JUST fled Nicaragua. AND THEY ALL HATE THE PRESIDENT. THEY ALL SAY HES A EVIL PRESIDENT AND TAKES THE MONEY OF THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE. AND THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE WANT A COUNTRY LIKE THE USA.
This isn't even a purely socialist economy. It's mixed with some infrastructure nationalized and some small businesses helped with zero interest loans (I believe there's a .05% origination fee or something like that. The US doesn't like anyone not providing it with cheap labor or natural resources.
Ortaga is old. Hopeful a power grab will be unsuccessful and peaceful democracy will prevail. I have faith in the people to support freedom
They leave because they all think its better in the states.
We hope what's next for Nicaragua and Venezuela is BRICS and the opportunity to realize their Sovereignty regardless if the U S say it's a bad thing.
Her hour is just about up.
Since the neocolonialist in our new world everyday wants to rule and say negatively. i'm Native ingenious Why outsider don't respect,be respectful guys ousider,respect our way of live Nicaraguan style in solidarity ❤
Went on town with your soldiers in Panama in early eighties
How do I become a citizen of Nicaragua?
Live here, get residency first, then after five years or so, apply for residency.
Marry a Nicaragua, do something for Nicaragua, or learn Spanish and live as a legal resident for five years and be willing to go through the application process which takes a while.
So how come l would have to get legal residency? I couldn't just cross the border from Costa Rica? My plan is to cross illegally and then ask for asylum so l can get free housing, utilities, free school for my children and a maid to help my wife. Isn't that how it works?
I cannot accept this coverage as accurate. When and if Al Jezeera leverages the resources at its disposal to become an instrument of accuracy, I am certainly open to listening.
That woman was paid bank. Is she like one of those famous "concerned parents" in the American media that happens to have conservative views ? I can't stop laughing.
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Is funny how people with a different views are always "paid", you guys are so aligned that you think nobody has the right to think differently.. so ridiculous
The only people paid on this panel is Ben. He is paid by the Ortega/ Russian interest groups.
@@agresiv0 TinEye caught a lot of lies. I don't know anyone who couldn't leave, including a woman from a Contra Family.
@@RebeccaOre I was born, raised and live in Nicaragua my entire life but yet some retired gringos think they know the truth over actual Nicaraguans lol
The civility of this panel's discussion and debate is informational, educational and insightful interesting intellectual narratives.
Why is the u.s. so AFRAID of an impoverished Nicaragua? Or is it that if Nicaragua succeeds is the threat "of a bad example"???
Viva Nicaragua, FSLN, y comandante Daniel!
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Ortega promote peace...the violence come from rigth parties, with USA support.
LOL.
I like ortaga, I suggest the army stay busy building roads and helping poor communities. And lower the import tax. It's wonderful the south coast is getting paved roans. It will help the image of the country
Did people who were government employees under Somoza government held accountable for their crimes and did generals of national guard get charged for their massacres😂
According to Confidencial TV (Nicaragua) and his previous partner Blumental, Northon seems to be a thief. Not sure what Aljazeera's porpuse is by having these kind of people as a guest
Nicaraguan people prosper as never before at the cost of parasitic laissez-faire capitalism that the Nicaraguan lady proudly represents.
LOL. Is that a joke?
We the Nicaraguan people are putting God first., we are fighting evil head on. The miracle is coming.
The lady is right . Those two
guys should leave the United States , resign of being us citizens . They love , Russia , China , Cuba , Venezuela , North Korea apply to be citizen of those type of government . Once those two become citizens of those dictatorship government do not come back complaining they are being control and threaten only because expressing as a free human being .
WTF? Did you miss the part where Ben Norton left the USA and lives in Nicaragua? That lady left because she is from some rich bourgeoisie family and couldn’t enslave people there with impunity anymore.
Everyone wants to profit from the future canal that will one day be built Nicaragua should be the richest country in central America and even the world one day.
The smartest policy Daniel could make would be to legalize marijuana and market it internationally. . There is more profit in the fibers than in getting high , everything from shoes to car bodies. Pants, dresses. A million things can be made from marijuana. It would put thousands to work .. our motto should be---- built in Nicaragua, not passing through Nicaragua . Marijuana will generate a lot more income for all the people. A canal would not be close to the earning potential . Many people to have employment with legalization The potential to turn our resources into retail products is endless and bring Nicaragua into a prosperous nation and reduce poverty. Encourage Legalization
Im a big fans of daniel ORTEGA
Viva Ortega. That the U.S. opposes him is an excellent sign that he is a great person.
He's not
@@mibything7985 He's a very good politician, and has outwitted a number of people who thought he was a coward and not that smart.
Two Commy songbird apologists
It's not a thriving country. He is only a one side point of view from the white blue eye guy.
*sigh* Ben the paid tankie is at it again smh
Ben is just a parasite living off Nicaraguans taxes, like the country isn't poor enough to be paying gringos for propaganda
Based Ben
Nicaragua is always choosing the loosing side, cuba,Russia, Venezuela,
You think they choose to be subject to the 🇺🇲
Our country needs freedom . We need a leader to help our people who are hurting . USA needs to worry about their own issues and stop trying to get control over our affairs. USA has bigger issues trump is one of
Lon life fri nicaragua
Very biased and not based on the reality of Nicaragua. unbelievable lack of facts.
The production yelled the host's year to shut Ben off.
Sandino forever!!
But Ortega is not Sandino.
Sandino is dead. He died a long time ago.
Perhaps education is a right, however not always for free. the resources are far and few. I have witnessed it. Yes, there are illnesses treated for free, but with limited benefits and assistance. It's not 100 %
ALJESSI CNN
Because the church is being persecuted
They are meddling in politics there supposed to be a separation of church and state.
They are American, that's the problem with us we think we know better about another persons story then they do. The woman has lived in Nicaragua she would know about what's going on more than they would!
Identity politics
People live their countries for all kinds of reasons and in case of Nicaragua and many other poor countries one big reason is a want of a better living standard. Now this is true of all countries around the world. If given the chance people from around the world would come to the US in a flash.
This interviewer made me crazy. She had an agenda!
Let ben speak. Please be polite and do not interupt.
I wonder where the white guy gets his income from?
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Politics in Nicaragua tend to be family affairs. Is Astrid Montealegre related to Eduardo Montealegre?
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Some puppets in africa been on power for 50,40, 30 years it's ok because they are your puppets and never talked-about
Like who? Isaias Afwerki?
Mehdi Hasan . Where are you ?
MRS people figure in the Wikileaks dispatches from the US Embassy in Managua. They were basically mostly richer Nicaraguans who went to the Americans for aid against Ortega. This includes Dora Maria Tellez. A lot of the left anywhere are the children of the rich who are either thrill seekers or in opposition to their own parents for various reasons. The Weathermen/Weather Underground were such people. MRS were such people. One thing that I've noticed is the more blood-thirsty left movements like Shining Path tend to be this sort of recreational leftists. George Orwell commented that working class leftists who were really working class tended to not be as ideologically rigid as the upper class or middle class leftists.
Another thing -- both sides have pet polling companies. The US learned the hard way (WikiLeaks) that the polls the right wingers presented couldn't be trusted.
Why you peoples always putting your noses in others countries affairs, taught, you have your own problems. Leave people alone
That's what the us don't like