-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Sandinistas Hope for Ballot Win 5 September 2001 Summary Nicaraguan voters will go to the polls Nov. 4 to elect a new president, with former Marxist ruler Daniel Ortega in a strong position to win. A victory by the Sandinista leader would fundamentally change the balance of power in Central America to the detriment of U.S. economic and strategic interests as well as continue the spread of leftist leaders in Latin America. Analysis Daniel Ortega, the former Marxist guerrilla who ruled Nicaragua for 11 years in the 1980s, is in a strong position to win that country's presidential election on Nov. 4. New voter surveys conducted in August show current Vice President Enrique Bolanos, of the incumbent Liberal Constitutionalist Party, running neck-and-neck with Ortega, of the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front. But analysts in Managua and other Central American capitals say Ortega is actually maintaining a slight popular edge over Bolanos. If Ortega wins, it would reinforce Latin America's emerging tilt toward the election of left-leaning candidates opposed to globalization and free-trade policies such as those advocated by the Bush administration. Washington is also concerned that if Ortega wins the presidency, the strategic balance of power in Central America could be altered in ways detrimental to U.S. economic and security interests. Ortega wants to align Nicaragua more closely with Cuba, Venezuela and Libya, and if elected, will likely join the multi-polar anti-American alliance that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is promoting globally. Ortega also can be expected to oppose a Free Trade Area of the Americas anchored on the economy of the United States and favor instead closer commercial ties with the South American Common Market (Mercosur) and European Union. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
