No Clear Victory for Left in Nicaragua

“Does Daniel Ortega’s presidential win in Nicaragua mark yet another victory for the Latin American Left? Not quite. One might first ask what is the Left, what does it mean to be Left in 2006, and what does it mean to be Left in 2006 in Nicaragua. This is not to fall into a post-modernist relativist trap, because indeed there are permanent “indicators,” as it were, that throw light on the social and historical significance of the return of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) to power.”

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