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The Soviet Union fought the Cold War in Nicaragua. Now Putin’s Russia is back.
The Washington Post ^ | Joshua Partlow

Posted on 04/09/2017 11:44:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA — On the rim of a volcano with a clear view of the U.S. Embassy, landscapers are applying the final touches to a mysterious new Russian compound.

Behind the concrete walls and barbed wire, a visitor can see red-and-blue buildings, manicured lawns, antennas and globe-shaped devices. The Nicaraguan government says it’s simply a tracking site of the Russian version of a GPS satellite system. But is it also an intelligence base intended to surveil the Americans?

“I have no idea,” said a woman who works for the Nicaraguan telecom agency stationed at the site. “They are Russian, and they speak Russian, and they carry around Russian apparatuses.”

Three decades after this tiny Central American nation became the prize in a Cold War battle with Washington, Russia is once again planting its flag in Nicaragua. Over the past two years, the Russian government has added muscle to its security partnership here, selling tanks and weapons, sending troops, and building facilities intended to train Central American forces to fight drug trafficking.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: nicaragua; putin

1 posted on 04/09/2017 11:44:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Up to no good I am sure.


2 posted on 04/09/2017 11:45:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Is it all just a distraction by globalists to keep Trump from his domestic agenda?


3 posted on 04/09/2017 11:49:53 AM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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To: JPJones

Who is more of a globalist than this KGB thug turned Russian chauvinist and imperialist?


4 posted on 04/09/2017 11:52:11 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: elhombrelibre

“[If Moscow tried to influence the U.S. election, things aren’t going as planned]”


5 posted on 04/09/2017 12:15:07 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: JPJones

yup, the neocons love these distractions, russia is our natural ally


6 posted on 04/09/2017 12:55:32 PM PDT by vooch (t)
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To: vooch

Well the Swamp isn’t stupid:

You don’t get to anonymously run the country at $250,000 a year, retire at 55 with Cadillac health insurance by being dumb...

...and the Swamp is vehemently against Trump’s domestic agenda...

...so give him all kinds of attention and praise when he gets entangled, (and then mired down) with foreign actors...

...his supporters (Patriots/Freepers) will rah rah any and all military actions...

...meanwhile the Wall isn’t getting built, and Obamacare repeal is off the headlines and remains law.


7 posted on 04/09/2017 1:14:09 PM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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To: elhombrelibre

“Who is more of a globalist than this KGB thug turned Russian chauvinist and imperialist?”

Obama, Hitlery, the NYT’s, Linda, McCain, Ryan.


8 posted on 04/09/2017 1:15:29 PM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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To: MtnClimber
"“They are Russian, and they speak Russian, and they carry around Russian apparatuses.”


9 posted on 04/09/2017 1:39:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: JPJones

true - what surprises me is so many freepers seem oblivious to being played by the Soros globalists.


10 posted on 04/09/2017 2:47:23 PM PDT by vooch (t)
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“true - what surprises me is so many freepers seem oblivious to being played by the Soros globalists.”

Right.

I’m the biggest Trump supporter around, but my spidey sense turns on when Hillary, NYT’s, and the rest of the globalists, who HATE Trump, start praising him.

And I too, am surprised at Freepers, some who see conspiracy everywhere, now show no wariness at all.


11 posted on 04/09/2017 3:58:14 PM PDT by JPJones (George Washington's Tariffs were Patriotic. Build a Wall and Build a Wall of tariffs.)
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To: MtnClimber

putin wasn’t going to be happy unless President Trump behaved as if whatever putin wanted was fine.


12 posted on 04/10/2017 12:14:29 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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To: vooch

putin is a globalist too, with nuclear weapons and a large imperialist army.


13 posted on 04/10/2017 12:15:34 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Cogito ergo sum a conservative pro-American.)
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