EPISODE · Jul 5, 2022 · 6 MIN
Ortega Finds Complicity in Central American Presidents
from Central America in Minutes · host El Faro English
Central American leaders are averting their gaze from the Ortega-Murillo regime, aware that picking a fight with the most consolidated autocracy in Central America would give more oxygen to criticism of corruption and human rights violations in their own countries. But the complicity is also about money: When in dire straits, there’s enough cash to go around at Central America’s development bank.
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Central American leaders are averting their gaze from the Ortega-Murillo regime, aware that picking a fight with the most consolidated autocracy in Central America would give more oxygen to criticism of corruption and human rights violations in their own countries. But the complicity is also about money: When in dire straits, there’s enough cash to go around at Central America’s development bank.
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