Debate: Max Blumenthal VS Mary Ellsberg: Who Is Behind Nicaragua’s Turmoil? Parts 1-3

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TheRealNews on Aug 22, 2018

Recent months of deadly unrest in Nicaragua have fractured splits in the Sandinista movement, with critics accusing President Daniel Ortega of autocratic rule, and supporters accusing the opposition of attempting a US-backed soft coup. We host a debate between Dr. Mary Ellsberg of George Washington University and Max Blumenthal of the Grayzone Project.

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TheRealNews on Aug 30, 2018

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TheRealNews on Aug 30, 2018

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See also:

Distorting Past and Present: Reuters on Nicaragua’s Armed Uprising

US Gov. Meddling Machine Boasts of ‘Laying the Groundwork for Insurrection’ in Nicaragua by Max Blumenthal

The Family-Party-State Nexus in Nicaragua by Trevor Evans

Nicaragua: Open Letter to Amnesty International by Camilo Mejia

From the archives:

Max Blumenthal: US Interference in Nicaragua + Nicaraguan Opposition Suspends Negotiations: A Return to Violence?

The Latin American Revolution, Part 3: Cuba, Nicaragua and El Salvador

Nicaragua – A Nations Right To Survive by John Pilger (1983; must-see)