Reply #1: I Doubt it Will Effect the US in Any Way

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showing that it was never an issue to begin with. Bush's attention is elsewhere, and he doesn't seem able to focus on multiple things at once.

Ortega is a different leader of a different government now than he was in th 80s. He's no longer the leader of a successful revolution. He's had to work with his former opponents within their government structure. I expect him to challenge the elite within the constitutional framework a la Chavez. But the Sandinista element is not as strong, Nicaragua does not have the financial resources of Venezuela, and he will have to tread more lightly.