The form that this takes remains to be seen since the last eight years of sanctions didn’t lead to the US’ envisaged political changes.
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The Russian Federation Council ratified last September’s military pact with Nicaragua in late April. According toTASS,
“it provides for the following areas of cooperation: joint training of troops, exchange of experience and information in countering the ideology of extremism and international terrorism, collaboration between military educational institutions, cooperation in the military-scientific field regarding research on military security issues, and other areas.”
Trump 2.0 isn’t going to like this.
After all, theNational Security Strategy, the State Department’sAgency Strategic Plan till 2030, and theNational Defense Strategyall call for restoring US dominance over the Western Hemisphere, which explicitly includes pushing out rivals like Russia.Secretary of War Pete Hegsethalso revealed in early March that his department seeks to advance the concept of “Greater North America”. This includes everything from the Arctic to the equator, thus placing Nicaragua firmly in the US’ sphere of influence.
Casual observers might not be aware or remember, but Nicaragua is also part of the “Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America” (ALBA), which was co-founded by Venezuela and Cuba to strengthen members’ sovereignty.
The other main member is Bolivia while the remainder are small Caribbean island nations. Since the start of the year, the UScapturedVenezuelanPresident Nicolas Maduroand then obtained proxy control over his country’s energy exports, thus politically and financially weakening ALBA.
Cuba is alsounder a partial blockade, and late last year, Boliviaswung to the rightyet again. The combined effect of these developments leaves Nicaragua as the last main member of ALBA standing. That in itself is reason enough for Trump 2.0 to meddle more in its affairs with the aim of regime tweaking or regime change, but its newly ratified military pact might be exploited as the public pretext, the reason being that its terms can more easily be presented as defying the so-called “Donroe Doctrine”.
Source: Global Research
