Why nicaragua vanished

Ortega also disappeared for several weeks in , after his adopted stepdaughter accused him of abuse, which he denied. During his current absence, Vice President Rosario Murillo, his wife, has spoken publicly every day, fueling speculation that Ortega will eventually emerge to oversee a campaign to defeat the coronavirus.

So far, Nicaragua has not encouraged social distancing or other measures against the virus, even as neighboring Honduras and nearby El Salvador implement tight restrictions. Nicaragua has registered seven coronavirus cases and one related death, but experts question the numbers because the government has not revealed how many tests have been conducted.

Elected president in , Ortega was voted out of office after a single five-year term as the economy floundered. Robert S. Leiken offers valuable insights into how the media shapes Americans' opinions about the world, and in the process he challenges American cultural stereotypes. Beautifully written, Why Nicaragua Vanished is perfect for all interested in the media, foreign policy, Latin America, or U.

What really happened in Nicaragua? Robert Leiken analyzes the shocking misreporting of American journalists and their failure to understand why the Sandinistas lost in Scholarship and commentary with Marxist interpretations of the imperialist and capitalist interests of the United States prevented the recognition of obvious signs of defeat looming on the electoral horizon for the Sandinista government in Leiken avoids addressing the motivations of U.

It should therefore come as no surprise to discover an unfavorable attitude in the reporting on the responses of the Carter and Reagan administrations during the insurrectionary period of the late s and the civil war of the s. Although he cites interviews with and books by former State Department officials, Leiken offers no insight into the uncertainty of this episode leading to the fall of the autocracy.

The reader is left with the facile conclusion that journalists decided on behalf of the U. Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, Project MUSE is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves.

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