Ortega: US Finances
Nicaraguan Opposition
Nicaragua's President
Daniel Ortega charged
the US government of
colluding with local
conservatives and
funding anti-Sandinista
political and media
drive.
They finance and guide
groups that claim to
represent the Nicaraguan
people, said Ortega
speaking to Latin
American progressive
leaders from the Forum
of Sao Paulo meeting in
this capital.
Ortega said US diplomats
in Managua are holding
secret meetings with
government opponents
whom he calls puppets.
They are told to act
against two of the
government-led plans,
Consejos del Poder
Ciudadano and Zero
Hunger Program.
The statesman says those
campaigns, that also
involve some local
media, are aimed at
confusing the people and
undermining government
programs.
Ortega reminded to
representatives of 19
political organizations
from 13 Latin American
countries that the US
organized the 2002
failed coup against
President Hugo Chavez.
The Nicaraguan president
warned the audience not
to be overconfident
because "they -the US
government- are
permanently conspiring."
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