tailfins
10-13-2021, 09:38 PM
I just got back from Nicaragua, visiting Chinandega, Leon, Granada and Managua. If you want an American hamburger, McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's await. Do you want to stay an an American Hotel? Holiday Inn, Hilton and Best Western are at the ready. Car dealerships abound: Choose from Toyota, Hyundai, Suzuki or Honda . It's nothing like Cuba. However, any money that changes hands is structured in such a way that Mr. Ortega gets a cut. Cops are masters of running fake speed traps wanting bribes to "forget about the whole thing". COVID measures are draconian unless you have money to spend. They have an election coming up where all of Ortega's opponents are jailed. If you ask ordinary people about Ortega, they look over their shoulder before they talk to you. I wonder how all these companies justify participating in all this corruption.