Ortega victory gives US more nightmares

During his campaign for the presidency of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega’s theme song was a Latin version of Give Peace A Chance.

Now that he’s finally regained control of the country he ruled throughout the 1980s, the question is whether he really has, as he claims, transformed himself from a Leninist into a Lennonist.

For US president George W Bush, the official confirmation of Ortega’s resounding election victory has made a bad week even ...