With the world focused on Syria, North Korea, Ukraine, and other pressing hotspots, the Russians have expanded their presence in Latin America and the Caribbean. Last week, the Washington Post revealed that the Russians erected a mysterious satellite-tracking compound in Managua that may double as an electronic intelligence-gathering base. This is just the latest example of the increasing partnership between the Kremlin and banana republic leader Daniel Ortega (yes, the same Ortega who gave Reagan fits and provoked the Iran-Contra affair in the ‘80s).
Three decades after this tiny Central American nation became the prize in a Cold War battle with …read more
Source: The American Interest
