Morning Star mentions Nicaragua again
For several years until last Saturday (22 April) the Morning Star had little to say about Nicaragua. The last significant coverage was in November 2019, when it published a fawning interview with “the much loved” President Daniel Ortega, by its (then) international editor Steve Sweeney. The overall tone of the interview can be gauged by the contribution of Ortega’s wife and Vice-President Rosario Murillo, praising her husband as “a strong leader because of his [Catholic] faith” and stating “Daniel has wisdom and humility, he is very humble.” This was just over a year after more than three...