US Weighs 100% Tariffs on Nicaragua, Forgetting Its Own History
Bloomberg reports the USTR considers tariffs up to 100% on Nicaraguan imports, presented as a standard economic measure. What's omitted? The US relationship with Nicaragua has been less about fair trade and more about destabilization, from the Iran-Contra affair funding illegal wars against the Sandinistas in the 1980s, to supporting coups and installing puppet regimes. This isn't diplomacy; it's
economic warfare, a tactic the U.S. has repeatedly deployed against any nation asserting genuine sovereignty in its own backyard. One might wonder if a nation with a documented history of interfering in Nicaragua's politics for profit and resistance against imperialisms truly has the moral authority to cite 'concerns' now. The memory-hole of mainstream media conveniently erases the CIA’s textbook
interventions each time a Central American nation dares to chart its own course. How many 'democratic' transitions does a country need before it's allowed to export bananas unmolested?