Caribbean & Central America - October 2005 (ISSN 1741-4458)
US intervenes in Nicaraguan power struggle
After months of failed soft diplomacy the US made a high-level intervention in Nicaragua's political crisis in October. President George W Bush sent the number two at the State Department, Robert Zoellick, to Managua to offer full rhetorical support for the embattled president, Enrique Bolaños. Zoellick backed up his words with a few threats. Some of them have already been heeded.
After months of failed soft diplomacy the US made a high-level intervention in Nicaragua's political crisis in October. President George W Bush sent the number two at the State Department, Robert Zoellick, to Managua to offer full rhetorical support for the embattled president, Enrique Bolaños. Zoellick backed up his words with a few threats. Some of them have already been heeded.
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