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In a an ironic twist of fate, Chavez has begun to ration electricity in Venezuela! What does this portend for Nicaragua? Will he want his generators back?

Venezuela begins 2010 with electricity rationing (Breitbart) Jan 2 03:35 PM US/Eastern

Thu Nov 20, 2:24 pm ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday.

Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).

Nov 13th 2008 | MANAGUA From The Economist print edition

Daniel Ortega sets an ugly precedent

By Blake Schmidt, Nica Times Staff - GRANADA, Nicaragua - When 74-year-old Roger Ocón showed up in his wheelchair at the voting station Sunday to cast his ballot for mayor of Granada, electoral authorities told him he had already voted.

Alexander Gabuev; Natalia Skorlyg; Kommersat Infosearch: José Cadenas, Analyst, Bureau Chief USA; Research Dept. La Nueva Cuba - November 14, 2008 - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin completed a tour of three Latin American countries, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, on the weekend. His trip was rewarded with the signing of several large contracts.

By Tim Rogers / Managua Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 - The last time rival political forces fought one another street by street for control of the Nicaraguan capital was three decades ago, in July 1979, at the culmination of the Sandinista insurrection that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship.

Neues Deutschland [which is the old Communist Party (SED) newspaper of what was East Germany and is now the party paper for the The Left Party (Die Links Partei) in Germany] has the following article on the municipal elections in Nicaragua.

By Tim Rogers - Nica Times Staff

Following a day of political violence that swept across the capital and other parts of the country after both of the main candidates for mayor of Managua declared victory in Sunday's hotly contested municipal elections, Nicaragua's private sector leaders are calling for a nationwide recount with the help of international observers.

By Bilhá Calderón - El Sendero del Peje Jalisco

Nicaragua Nov 10th 2008- At least two people have been killed and six others injured in Nicaragua due to post-election violence.

Supporters of Managua’s mayoral candidate , Alexis Argüello, from the opposition party confronted police in Managua as they were caught between rival party supporters.

For a photo gallery from China View of Nicaragua's municipal elections' clashes, go to http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/11/content_10343044.htm