Bernie Sanders’ Longtime, Hypocritical Infatuation with Nicaraguan Communism

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Bernie Sanders’ Longtime, Hypocritical Infatuation with Nicaraguan Communism
Bernie Sanders has rose-colored glasses when it comes to the grave problems of the Ortega regime in Nicaragua.
By David Unsworth   Last updated May 3, 2018

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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders made a stunning outsider run for the Democratic nomination in 2016, winning 43% of the primary vote, or around 13.2 million votes, in the hotly contested nomination contest. He adamantly refused to disown the label of democratic socialist, which gave both Hillary Clinton and his Republican opponents in the general election, plenty of fodder for launching broadsides on his insurgency campaign. But Sanders’ long relationship with Daniel Ortega shows his  infatuation with totalitarian leadership is nothing new.

As mayor of tiny Burlington, VT, for most of the 1980s, Bernie Sanders oversaw the efforts of the progressive city to enact its own foreign policy, a rarity at local city halls. He honeymooned in Moscow (before the collapse of Communism, of course), and maintained close relations with Communist governments throughout Latin America, including Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Cuba.
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So close was the relationship with Nicaragua that Sanders enthusiastically accepted an invitation by Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista government in July 1985. The visit was financed by the Nicaraguan government, except the airfare, which Sanders paid for.

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