Nicaragua: Not One Inch Back

All part of the imperialistic counteroffensive to tear down progressive governments and establish a neoliberalism only in favor of the national oligarchy and foreign transnational.

Nicaragua begins its fourth month of turmoil triggered by elements who blindly follow the so-called plan of soft coup d’état, not so soft. Such practice has been successfully used in Ukraine and has been trying to destabilize Venezuela, where the Empire and acolytes continue an economic war that it has been unable to prevent the continuous social progresses.

All part of the imperialistic counteroffensive to tear down progressive governments and establish a neoliberalism only in favor of the national oligarchy and foreign transnational.

Around these days have had positive repercussions the massive rallies for peace throughout the entire country. Among participants appear those opposed to the violence and vandalism fed by millionaire amounts of money.

Nearly 200 casualties and great havoc is the balance of that situation, born from the understandable upset caused by an officially approved measure, which was immediately eliminated by President Daniel Ortega.

Let’s not forget that Ortega has been president for 12 years due to continuous reelections where he has won the popular approval. This continued reelection has been verified by international observers, including the pro-imperialistic Organization of American States (OAS).

The complex panorama of Nicaragua crisis is manipulated by the media, the politicians as well as right-wing governments that desire the defeat of the Sandinista government. In that conspiracy, clarifies Correo Magazine, the government of the United States plays a key role.

SINCE YESTERDAY UNTIL TODAY

Although the campaign against the Sandinista government is driven by several domestic and North American media, the beginning as such took place in Sweden, a nation famous for being neutral, something inaccurate, and followed by the rest of Scandinavian countries whose governments are also considered as human rights defenders, but this is not always like that.

Let’s not forget that until very recently, Nicaragua was an exemplary country amidst the violent region of Central America.

The crime rates were among the lowest in Latin America. The economic growth, between 4% and 5%, it was the second highest in the region after Panama. It was one of the Latin American countries with greater reduction of absolute and relative poverty, the only country in the region that produced the 90% of the food that consumed.

As for education, it was one of the few countries of Latin America and the entire Third World that produced all their text books at all levels, since primary school until University and Adults Education.

It had been able to brake the exodus to the United States, while dozens of thousands of Mexicans, Guatemalan, Honduran and Salvadorans attempt entering the United States by any means necessary. In the U.S. where is ever growing the number of crimes committed against immigrants on behalf of the “just” of the “law and order” and protectors of the “purity” of the white race.

THE TRUTH

For years the reactionary propaganda has attacked the Sandinista government for fostering models of agreements and alliances with the private sector, which had presented as accomplice of Sandinism to boost businesses. Now, overnight, the visible heads of national capitalism have joined the insurrectionists of the far-right.

In fact, neither in those visible heads of the business men who represent most of Nicaraguan capitalists, nor the capitalist private sector is the main economic engine of the country. Nicaragua’s economy rests basically in the popular sectors that produce more than 50% of the Gross Domestic Product and they generate more than 70% of employment in the country.

An important source of revenues for Nicaragua is family remittances that go directly to that sector of economy. There was a considerable redistribution of lands after the revolution of 1979 and the peace agreements of the 90’s. At present 80% of lands are owned by small and medium producers. In addition, since 2007, the Sandinista Government has given 100 000 ownerships in the country and the city, giving capital goods to sectors that don't follow a capitalist economic logic.

That economic base produces the 90% of all the food consumed in Nicaragua. Besides, entire sectors, like transportation and even most of tourism are controlled by cooperative and family businesses. The enterprising private sector was the one that least increased its investments during the Sandinista government. The State, the Direct Foreign Investment, as well as the sector of Popular Economy are the ones that contributed the most to investment in the country.

That is, enterprise leaders don't represent the true businessmen, most of which want to see a stable and thriving country. The managerial top is made of individuals linked to international finances, transnational companies or the managerial mafia of the organizations of businessmen.

Those groups don’t care at all that Nicaragua gets torn by a war; they have their cover funds and salaries from the multinationals they shield under. For example, Michael Healey, current spokesman for the insurgent Fascists, is a simple employee from a cane factory property of Colombian capitals. Also, José Adam Aguerri, president of the Superior Council of the Private Company, COSEP, doesn't own any other company besides COSEP. The Pellas family that during the Revolution of the 80’s declared the economic strike on the Sandinista Government and transferred all its money to tax haven, from which they started financial speculation, gained power and influence with the war that torn the country.

From the Hospital (private) Vivian Pellas are sent boxes of condoms and “following day pills” for the orgies that the middle class boys have together with the most dangerous racketeers in Managua at the Polytechnic University. Meanwhile, the Pellas Family that holds the monopoly on liquor in the country, live off the subsidy through which they force the Nicaraguan people to pay more than the world market price for sugar.

That subsidy, an outcome of rendition without fight of neoliberal governments, exemplifies the State model those sectors deem “democratic”. Lastly, the manager who first than anybody else dared to express in public his total support to the Fascist groups on Saturday, April 21 at the Polytechnic University UPOLI, Piero Coen, is the richest man in Nicaragua, head of the financial group Coen and seventh greatest capitalist of Central America, according to Forbes magazine.

To these individuals who want to destroy the Sandinista Revolution and give Nicaragua, whether in ruins or not, to the Empire, we can’t budge one inch back.

Cubasi Translation Staff / Amilkal Labañino Valdés