Five years since a crackdown began, what's next for Nicaragua? | Inside Story

Daniel Ortega is one of Latin America’s great political survivors.
The leftist guerrilla leader toppled a right-wing US-backed regime in 1979, returning as president in 2007 after a previous term. A crackdown followed demonstrations five years ago. Ortega has since moved closer to China and Russia. So what is next for Nicaragua?

Presenter:

Folly Bah Thibault

Guests:

Ben Norton - investigative journalist and editor-in-chief of Geopolitical Economy Report.

Astrid Montealegre - supervising attorney for the Nicaraguan American Human Rights Alliance in Los Angeles.

Dan Kovalik - a human rights lawyer and author of 'Nicaragua: A History of US Intervention and Resistance'.

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